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| olusegun.adeniyi@thisdaylive.com |
The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima on
Monday stirred the hornet’s nest when, after visiting President Goodluck
Jonathan at the State House, he said: “what we are being confronted with is
that we are in a state of war. It is what I came to update Mr. President
(about). The sooner we stop playing the ostrich and rise up to the challenges
of the day and marshall all resources towards stopping the antics of Boko
Haram, the better for all of us.”
Shettima was not done: “The bottom line is that we need more
resources. In all fairness to the officers and men of the Nigerian Army and
police, they are doing their best given the circumstances they have found
themselves in. But honestly, Boko Haram are better armed and are better
motivated than our own troops. And believe me, I am an eternal optimist as I
have always said but I am also a realist.
