Adamawa Govt Raises the Alarm over Fleeing Boko Haram Terrorists Infiltrating Communities
Raising the alarm shortly after a security meeting,
the state Governor, Mohammed Jibrilla
Bindow, said the terrorists were on the run following their defeat and are hiding
in some communities of the state to
continue their killings.
The state Deputy Governor, Martins Babale, who
represented the governor during the meeting, urged the public to be on alert
and look out for fleeing members of the sect from Sambisa.
Babale called on all motorists to pay attention to
those entering their vehicles as the members of the Boko Haram have been
running to hide among the people.
However, the deputy governor, who also double as
the Chairman of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), said
the state government had also resolved to close all internally displaced person
camps in the state in January 2017.
Babale said the administration was not happy with
the continuous existence of IDPs in camps in the state.
"We will take steps, including encouraging
them to settle in villages, to collaborate with all stakeholders to make sure that
between now and January 30, everyone has left the camps," Babale said.
Also speaking on decision taken at the meeting, the
state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, said the
meeting had resolved to mobilise the public on the need to be more vigilant and
security conscious
He also called on the public to be vigilant and be
on the lookout for escaping terrorists fleeing from Sambisa forest.
Sajoh said the state being on the frontline was
aware of the fleeing terrorists following the fall of Sambisa and would not
take chances.
He said that government would liaise with
stakeholders such as National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to detect
such terrorists, explaining that the state was aware of the capture of suspects
in Lagos and does not want to take any chances.
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