Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger state on Saturday revealed how he was proactive in preventing the Boko Haram sect from having security base in Niger state by sacking the Darul Salam sect from their Mokwa base in 2010.
He stated this while speaking at the Adesoye College Offa at its 22nd graduation ceremony via a press statement issued by the governors’ Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Israel A. Ebije, stressing that state governors must take security issues seriously.
According to Eagle Online reports, the governor insisted that once the sect members comprising of Nigerians from different States and aliens were dislodged from Niger, it was the duty of their respective states (Nigerian sect members) to put them on security watch.
“We were proactive in managing Boko Haram insurgents from having a base in Niger state. Imagine having Boko Haram in the middle of Nigeria? A governor must at all times seek ways of protecting the lives and properties of people in his state”
“Security challenges therefore does not happen just like that, it takes the indulgence of some elites who are desperate in gaining political advantage. It is the thugs they engage that are causing the nation serious security challenge” He said.
He also urged Nigerian leaders to imbibe the culture of practicing true democracy without engaging thugs, he called on schools to build future Nigerians with moral chastity and teach them how to be goal oriented.
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