{"id":32985,"date":"2020-12-01T18:15:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=32985"},"modified":"2020-12-01T18:15:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:15:25","slug":"buhari-should-use-mercenaries-to-fight-boko-haram-gov-ishaku-backs-zulum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/buhari-should-use-mercenaries-to-fight-boko-haram-gov-ishaku-backs-zulum","title":{"rendered":"Buhari should use mercenaries to fight Boko Haram \u2013 Gov Ishaku backs Zulum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has declared support for Governor Babagana Zulum\u2019s request for President Muhammadu Buhari to engage mercenaries to fight Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<p>Ishaku said they should be involved to assist the Nigerian military in its ongoing fight against terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Darius spoke on Tuesday in Maiduguri when he alongside Governors of Adamawa \u2013 Ahmadu Fintiri; Bauchi \u2013 Bala Mohammed, and Gombe \u2013 Inuwa Yahaya paid Borno a sympathy visit.<\/p>\n<p>Last Saturday, Boko Haram slaughtered more than 40 farmers from the Zabarmari community.<\/p>\n<p>The massacre has been regarded as one of the most gruesome killings by the Boko Haram sect.<\/p>\n<p>Ishaku said they were saddened and traumatized by the heinous crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will key into your (Zulum) request, which you said that the federal government should invite some mercenaries to come and help us out of this problem, because what you can\u2019t do, what you can\u2019t solve. I think we should invite who can solve it for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot continuously be mourning, there has to be a time to stop the mourning. All of us in the North East Governors Forum, we are pleading with the federal government to find a solution to the issue of Boko Haram because if we neglect it, it will become even worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Taraba helmsman also appealed to the federal government to fix the infrastructural deficit in the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on the federal government to look at the Northeast with sympathy. It is embarrassing that in the 2021 budget, what is given to the Northeast is 0.35%. With all these problems, the insurgency, the insecurity, only 0.35% was allocated for the region. This is very very unfair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe federal government should look at the issue of infrastructure in the Northeast. I once again call on the federal government to remember the Mambilla hydropower project. Without power, we will not indeed have any meaningful development\u201d Ishaku added. noted.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, Zulum expressed appreciation to the delegation for the visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has declared support for Governor Babagana Zulum\u2019s request for President Muhammadu Buhari to engage mercenaries to fight Boko Haram. Ishaku said they should be involved to assist the Nigerian military in its ongoing fight against terrorists. 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