Insecurity in the North: Bauchi dep gov commends Buhari

THE President Muhammadu Buhari led APC Federal Government has been commended for reversing the insecurity that pervaded the country prior to his coming in 2015.

The commendation was given by the Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Audu Sule Katagum when the All Progressives Party (APC) Broom Platform, (a media support group), paid him a courtesy call at his office in Bauchi, on Wednesday.

Architect Sule Katagum recalled that before the coming of President Muhamadu Buhari, Muslims and Christians in the North could not worship in Mosques and Churches as a result of insecurity.

He further recalled that there was terror all over the country, particularly in Northern Nigeria, saying: “We could not go to the Mosques and Churches to pray because of Boko Haram. A lot of us could not pray. We were afraid of even sending our wives to market as a result of threats and bombings by insurgents.”

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The Deputy Governor further said that: “With the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari, we can now go to the Mosques and Churches without thinking twice, especially Muslims and Christians in the North. That factor alone should give the Muslims and Christians in the North hope.”

Audu Katagum also said that before the inception of the Governor Mohammed Abubakar led administration in Bauchi State, there was virtually no week that Igbos residing in the state were not killed.

“But since this government came in, there is no record of any Igbo man or woman killed in Bauchi since the past three and a half years. The Igbos and indeed every ethnic group in the state feel at home in Bauchi because of the peace being enjoyed under this dispensation.”

He added that “Today, this administration has brought a lot of Nigerians back together” and described the move by the APC Broom platform, which is composed of veteran media practitioners in partnership with both government-owned media and private media outfit to showcase the achievements of the APC administration as a welcome development.

“They came at a right time because there is a deft of information on the proper activities of President Buhari and the Governor of Bauchi Abubakar’s achievements. These men are not ones to blow their trumpets as such some of their achievements are being downplayed.”

“The administration of President Buhari has achieved a lot in terms of security, infrastructure’s development and bringing sanity back to the economy and these achievements should be put on the shine for all to see, ” he added.

Speaking earlier, the leader of the APC Broom Platform, Dr Tom Ohikere, said the media team was formed to unleash the full potentials of Buhari’s achievements ahead of the 2019 general elections.

Tom Ohikere said: “We are taking the message to the doorsteps of those misinforming Nigerians and specifically to the doorstep of the PDP group. We are veterans.”