Read What Borno Residents Are Saying About December Deadline & Military

Residents of Borno state, which is known as the epicenter of the insurgency, have commended Nigerian army and said they are happy with the progress made by the troops in the front line.

Speaking about the December 31 deadline, the residents said that they would be full of joy if they wake up on the last day of December to see Boko Haram fizzle out. However, most of them also understand that the insurgency that existed for over six years could not be wiped out completely in three months.

Speaking with Leadership, Comrade Zanna Shettima, a former Borno state labor leader and medical health practitioner stressed that “the military has done very well if we must compare the situation we have now, with what was obtained in the past years”.

“Even God will not be happy with us if we should go to town condemning the military after what they have helped our troubled state to achieve in terms of peace and security.

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“In the past, no one sleeps with his two eyes closed: fear walks on fours in our streets and even inside our homes because Boko Haram terrorists were busy gunning down and slaughtering innocent persons both at night an in broad day with all impunity. In the past, we hear Boko Haram move in convoy of vehicles, killing people in the villages, sacking residents and taking over communities.

“Boko Haram had taken a sizeable portion of Borno that is larger than some smaller states in this country. But today, though we have pocket of attacks in the form of suicide bombing, we still thank God and praise the soldiers for what they have achieved for us,” he said.

Shettima confessed that he does not share the optimism that the insurgents will be wiped out till the end of December. However, he noted that people of the state are optimistic of better peace and security at the end of the year.

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Barrister Aliyu Biu, a renowned Maiduguri based legal practitioner, noted that although the military might not have been perfect in their given tasks, they still deserve commendations.

“The Nigerian military deserve all the needed commendations and encouragements. We have had and seen worse days in the last six years.

“The northeast was a theater of bloodshed: but today, the reverse seems to be the case. We are enjoying relative calm now; no one hears gunshots other than news of reclaimed towns, destroyed terror camps, retrieval of arms and ammunitions, arrest of suspected terrorists whose pictures were published and so on,” he said.

Meanwhile, General Gabriel Olanisakin, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari at the annual chief of army staff conference in Dutse, Jigawa state, revealed that that new operational exigencies may require a modification of the December deadline of ending insurgency.

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