He therefore called on the military to go after the Boko Haram Islamic insurgents and liberate the girls.
Shettima claimed that the insurgents had killed over 300,000 people in the North-East, with his state recording 70,000 out of the figure.
He said that the 13,000 figure being reported in the media as the number of lives lost to insurgency in the North-East was therefore a far cry.
The governor spoke on Tuesday evening while presenting a paper entitled, "Holistic approach for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the North-East ravaged by terrorism and insurgency: The national and international policy options/perspectives," in Abuja.
The event was a two-day post-election conference on security and governance organised by the Savanna Centre, a non-governmental organisation established by a former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari.
Shettima, who was represented at the event by the Secretary, Borno Elders' Forum, Bulama Mala Gubio, said he believed the Boko Haram fighters had bunkers that were large enough to accommodate many people.
He said, "We are suspecting that Chibok girls are living with the insurgents in bunkers. I think the military must carry out their operations beyond the earth surface. They (Boko Haram fighters) are also known to have dug tunnels to enable them to move from house to house.
"So, having been left unchallenged for such a long time, such possibilities cannot be ruled out which poses serious obstacles within the forest.
"The insurgents use their bases in the Sambisa Forest to launch deadly attacks and make quick retreat to their base which enables them to capture and take over control of all the LGAs bordering Nigeria with Cameroon, Chad and Niger, thus effectively cutting off the three countries, thereby declaring what they assumed was their independent territory (caliphate)."
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Bunkers built by who? God will punish u all. You guys intentionally created boko haram to rubish GEJ's administration and return power back to the north, you have achieved your aims, if u like release them or not does not affect me in any way.
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Bunkers built by who? God will punish u all. You guys intentionally created boko haram to rubish GEJ's administration and return power back to the north, you have achieved your aims, if u like release them or not does not affect me in any way.
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Mr. Shettima, in a sane country you would be taken in for questioning . You sound so sure you know were these girls are like you took them their. Are we sure there is no more to this. Now that you guys have gotten the presidency you can bring them out now please. Thank you sir.
ReplyDeleteMallam Kashim, you should be facing the development of maiduguri. I have never seen a governor who use 4 years in constructing uncompleted asphalt (kwalta) that are not even up to 3 kilometers. In areas like Lagos bridge, Abujan sheraton/talakawa, dala alamdari and others, you just destroyed d areas in the name of asphalt construction which you could not even do as you have used the Boko haram era as complain.
ReplyDeleteHaba Kashim. I am tired of your one sided topic of Chibok girls. Why don't u talk about the IDPs. Do u even feed them at all?
ReplyDeleteshettima, just tell us where you guys keep them idot!!!
ReplyDeleteI have always taken the story of the abduction of the Chibok girls with a pinch of salt. How can anyone convince me that over two hundred girls were abducted in one fell swoop and kept and fed for this long without anyone finding out where they are. How on earth would the insurgents provide food and water on a daily basis for these girls and themselves? There is more to the story than meets the eyes. One day the truth of this sad saga will be told.
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