Borno gov wants accomplices of Boko Haram to face the law

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has called on the military and other security agencies to ensure that accomplices of Boko Haram are prosecuted according to the law.

The governor, wants nobody spared in terminating their wicked act, even if such accomplices are any of his own children.

Shettima regretted that some insurgents living outside the city, as well as those supporting them secretly, conceal their identities, making it  almost impossible for innocent citizens to identify them.

The governor, who addressed the state on Friday, said that any one who chose to affiliate with insurgents would be committing crime against humanity, and as such, must face justice.

“I have met parents who exposed their insurgent biological children and handed them over to security forces to face justice.

“I know that insurgents and their allies often hide their identities that many citizens innocently associate with them. But  bold  parents who turn in their children have always strengthened our resolve. “This is why I  say to security agencies that anyone linked with  Boko Haram and other criminals should face justice,” he said.

Shettima, who spoke about suicide bombings in the last couple of days, noted that while security challenges in the state were not yet over, attacks on soft targets by the insurgents confirmed their  desperation to attract attention.

The terrorists have resorted in their usual cowardly fashion, to stepping up attacks on soft targets.  Cowardly and vile attacks such as those on schools, places of worship, markets and other soft targets are signs of the terrorists’ weakness and of their desperation to tell their terror co-travellers around the world, that they are not yet finished.

“In this criminal endeavour, they resort to the use of teenagers and children as young as seven years. More recently, they even strap babies on the back of their recruits in order to slip through our security dragnets.

The governor called on the residents of the state to rise up against the insurgents by stepping participation in surveillance of their neighborhoods and communities.