Boko Haram Has Hoisted Flag in Village 2 Hours Drive from Abuja, Says Gov Bello

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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State today disclosed that Boko Haram terrorists have hoisted the terror group’s flag in Kaure village, in Shiroro local government area of the state.

According to him, the Boko Haram fighters have also forcefully taken over the wives of some of the villagers and allocated them to themselves.

The governor warned that no part of the country is safe anymore because Kaure is less than two hours drive from Abuja.

Bello made the revelation in Minna when he visited the Internally Displaced People’s Camp at the IBB Primary School near the Emir of Minna’s Palace.

The primary school was hurriedly turned to IDP camp following the sacking of nearly 5000 villagers from their ancestral homes in Shiroro and Munya local government areas by bandits who raided the towns over the weekend.

“I am confirming that there are Boko Haram elements here in Niger state, here in Kaure, I am confirming that they have hoisted their flags here.

“Their wives have been seized from them and forcefully attached to Boko Haram members ” Bello further said, adding that” I just heard that they have placed their flags at Kaure, meaning they have taken over the territory.”

The governor declared that: ‘”This is what I have been engaging the federal government on, unfortunately it has now got to this level. If care is not taken, even Abuja is not safe.

“We have been saying this for long. All our efforts have been in vain,” he said, adding that with the latest development “I hope the time has come for a more coordinated military activity to take place”.

Bello claimed that the Boko Haram elements were trying to use the area as their home just as they did in Sambisa, warning that “Sambisa is several kilometers from Abuja but Kaure is less than two hours drive from Abuja. So nobody is safe anymore, not even those in Abuja”.

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