Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has accused military officers and politicians of being informants and collaborators for Boko Haram terrorists.
Speaking in an interview on News Central’s Breakfast Central, he pointed out that the state’s efforts to defeat Boko Haram are being sabotaged from within—by certain members of the military, politicians, and even some local community members.
Zulum stressed that his government will not sit idly while these insiders work against efforts to bring peace to Borno State. He said his administration plans to act strongly against these saboteurs.
He said: “We have informants and collaborators within the Nigerian Armed Forces, within the politicians, and within the communities.
“What we shall do is to strengthen our intelligence and to deal with them ruthlessly.
“Let’s remove contractocracy. In six months, we can put an end to this madness. We need not politicise insecurity.
“Insurgency will never end with kinetic measures alone, we must ensure that the non-kinetic measures are also put in place. What I mean by non-kinetic measures are socio-political and economic dimensions of the crisis.
“Let me tell you one very important thing, insurgency will never be ended by corrective measures alone. Among the 300,000 or more that have repented, I cannot rule out the possibility of few of them going back to the bush.”
