Abdullahi Sule, governor of Nasarawa, says Boko Haram
insurgents are attacking residents of the state.
Speaking with state house correspondents after meeting with
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, Sule said though members of the group had
been dislodged from Toto local government area of the state, they regrouped and
camped at Nasarawa/Benue border from where they now launch attacks on
residents.
The governor said he was at the presidential villa to
discuss the security situation in the state with the president and for a
federal government take-over of Jitata road — which serves as an alternative
route from the state to the FCT.
Sule said the Boko Haram insurgents in the state belong to the Darussalam group which was dislodged from Niger state.
He said scores of the armed gangs were killed in a joint
operation and that 900 of them who were arrested confirmed their membership to
Boko Haram.
The governor said he is confident that security in the state
will improve, having discussed the situation with the president.
Nasarawa has witnessed a surge in kidnapping and other
crimes.
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