Governor Babagana Zulum has warned the federal authorities that the Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) shall be extra harmful than Boko Haram if allowed to develop.
Addressing journalists on the state on inside safety, relocation of IDPs and collaborations between the state and the federal authorities on the state home in Abuja on Thursday February 3, the Governor stated Boko Haram could be a baby's play if ISWAP is allowed to develop.
Urging the Nigerian Military to re-strategise and defeat ISWAP, the Governor additional said that the group pose a risk to your complete nation.
Zulum stated;
"All that I've stated now, would by no means have been possible with out the assist of the federal government. However however all of the contributions of the federal authorities, we nonetheless have some challenges. "One, I stated it earlier than, a rising variety of ISWAP in some elements of the state is a matter of nice concern to everyone. Within the shores of Lake Chad, once more in southern Borno State. Fortunately, I used to be instructed there was army deployment yesterday to southern Borno state to struggle the insurgents within the Tudun Katarangwa space. "However I feel that is an early warning. We shouldn't enable ISWAP to develop. ISWAP are extra subtle, extra funded and they're extra educated. And we will do every part attainable to defeat ISWAP. In any other case, what Boko Haram did shall be a baby's play. That is an early warning that the Nigerian Military has to restrategise and defeat ISWAP. "ISWAP will be a threat to the entire nation. Because of its proximity to Sub Saharan Africa, they are coming from Libya and others resettling here."