The dreaded Boko Haram sect has seized five North-Eastern towns in five days killing hundreds and leaving thousands of residents fleeing for safety. The towns captured within the last few days included Bara, Banki and Gulak in Borno State while Madagali and Bama were seized in Adamawa State. Bama was seized by the rampaging terrorist group on September 1 and Banki overran the next day. By September 3, Bara, another town in the North-East was captured by the invading militants. Gulak and Madagali fell to the militants on Saturday. Data from different population websites show that the five towns have a combined population figure of 170, 743 (Bama -118,121; Madagali -12,919; Bara -11,673; Banki -4,935; Gulaki -23,095). Corroborating the above, Secretary to Borno State Government, Baba Ahmad Jidda on Sunday raised an alarm that the state is already dislocated by Boko Haram insurgency. We then ask our question for today that: Why is the Boko Haram insurgency waxing stronger day by day despite the untiring commitment of the federal government to combat the menace? Join the conversation online by logging onto our facebook page at WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/TELEVISION CONTINENTAL AND TWITTER @TVC_ENT and drop your comments. You can also access the question on our website at tvcontinental.tv. We will have summary of comments read live during our 10pm Primetime bulletin on Monday
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:00:40 +0000
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