Leuitenant General Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff on Wednesday
held a closed door meeting with Borno Elders to discuss ways out of
insurgency.
The meeting which took over three hours, from about 3pm
till 6:25pm, was held behind closed doors at the Headquarters of the
Theatre Command in Maiduguri.
Although, the COAS did not speak to the press after the
meeting, the Chairman of the Borno Elders Forum, Ambassador Usman Gaji
Galtimari in an interview with newsmen said, most of the issues
discussed were security issues that are not supposed to be made public.
However Galtimari expressed hope that very soon, the lingering crisis posed by insurgents will be over.
He called on all and sundry to support government and security operatives in their effort to defeat insurgents.
“We are here with my members to deliberate on issues which I
cannot disclose to the public for now, all aimed at how best to restore
peace to our dear land, and we are hopeful that at the end out it all,
we will succeed,” he stated.
Credit: Punch
The meeting was attended by Ambassador Galtimari, the
Secretary of the forum, Dr. Bulama Mali Gubio, Former governor of Borno
state, Alhaji Ashiekh Jarma, Alhaji Lawan Badawi, Alhaji Gambo Gubio and
Alhaji Garba Satomi among others.
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