Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has urged
security agencies to ensure that anyone found with Boko Haram links face
justice, even his own child.
The governor made the remarks in a seven-minute video
clip released yesterday in Maiduguri where he noted that any citizen who
chooses to affiliate with insurgents had committed a crime against humanity and
must be made to face justice no matter who the person might be.
He said: “This is why I strongly say to security
agencies, that anyone factually suspected of despicable links with the Boko
Haram and other criminals should face justice even if that person happens to be
one of my three biological children.”
He said some insurgents living outside battle fronts
and those supporting them concealed their identities, making it impossible for
innocent citizens to identify them and associate with them innocently.
The governor lamented renewed attacks by Boko Haram terrorists
who use children as young as seven years.
Shettima
who reminded the people of the state that the capture of Sambisa forest does
not mean an end to terrorism, noted that the insurgents are now attacking soft
targets such as schools, places of worship and markets which he described as
signs of weakness.
Daily trust
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