Governor of Nasarawa State,Abdulahi Sule,on Friday cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari over the catastrophe he said that the Boko Haram has continued to cause in the state.
The Governor,Abdulahi Sule,who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said that the group has started to witness security challenges, adding that the Boko Haram clan has reformed at the Benue /Nasarawa border.
He said even though the terrorists had been displaced from Toto local government of the state, where they had camped, they have reformed at the Nasarawa/Benue border from where they are now beginning attacks on residents.
The governor said he came to meet with the president to discuss about the insecurity issue in Nasarawa along with other issues including the possible federal government take-over of Jitata road, which serves as an alternative route from the state to the FCT.
According to the Governor Sule,some of the Boko Haram elements active in the Nasarawa State belong to the Darussalam group that had been dislodged from Niger State, saying that upon a joint security operation, a lot of them were killed while 900 were arrested.
He also maintained that those arrested confirmed their membership of the Boko Haram insurgency group.
He said having told the president, he was proud that action would be taken to curtail the rising wave of insecurity in the state.
