Listening To Him, Borno Governor And His Witch Cries

This is indeed a wise saying: Some people talk out of experience and some, out of experience, do not talk. Maybe, the Federal Government should learn to listen to Alhaji Kashim Shettima, the erstwhile university teacher and wordy Governor of Borno State. The man can pass for a prophet, as everything he has said concerning Boko Haram has turned out to be true, and his predictions about the terrorist Islamic sect equally come to pass always. The accuracy of his predictions would make seers in Nigeria cringe with envy.

Let us recall a few of them. The banker turned politician once stunned the plagued nation, saying to whoever cared to listen, that Boko Haram terrorists were better armed and better motivated than the highly rated Nigerian military. It turned out to be factual that these factors were chiefly responsible for why the military could not take out a ragtag army called Boko Haram.

Nigerian troops ambush Boko Haram terrorists on mission in Yobe, kill 8 insurgents

Nigerian Army in the North-East state of Yobe have ambushed a group of terrorists on a mission to attack Goniri Community in Gujba Local Government Area of state.

Army Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade,  in a statement said that the mission failed as the terrorists were ambushed by troops on patrol who were already alerted on the their intention.

 Olukolade said, “Nigerian troops are still in fierce pursuit of the fleeing terrorist elements after the encounter which resulted in some casualties on both parties.