Abuja In Danger; Boko Haram, Two Hours Away From FCT – Gov Bello |The Source

By Gideon Njoku

An apparent angry and frustrated Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, has given Nigerians some disturbing news.

Bello said Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the seat of the Federal Government, could be under the threat of an invasion by the terrorist group, Boko Haram. He said the group is next door, just two hours from the FCT.

“Abuja is not safe”, a distraught Governor Bello told Reporters and  Nigerians, after a visit to an IDP Camp which accommodates over 3,000 refugees.

The Governor told his shocked listeners that the dreaded group has taken over a Community in his State – Kaura – and hoisted its flag. Meaning Kaura has become a Boko Haram territory. Bello said they were now occupying Kaura as if it was Sambisa forest.

But most frightening, the Governor said, “Sambisa forest is several Kilometers away from Abuja, but Kaura is a two- hour drive to Abuja.”

What pains the Governor most is that he had warned the Federal Government, but nobody listened to him.

Bello: ” We have been saying  this for long. All our efforts have been in vain.”

To occupy  Kaura, the Governor revealed the many atrocities committed by the Boko Haram sect. He said they raped women, and forcefully took over wives from their husbands, and appropriated such wives to themselves.

He then asked for ” a more coordinated military activity to take place.”

Desperate, Bello said he was no longer going to wait but would take action by himself.

Bello: “I am confirming that there are Boko Haram elements here in Niger state, here in Kaure, I am confirming that they have hoisted their flags here.

“Their wives (the wives of the villagers) have been seized from them and forcefully attached to Boko Haram members

”I just heard that they have placed their flags at Kaure, meaning they have taken over the territory.

”This is what I have been engaging the federal government on, unfortunately it has now got to this level. If care is not taken, even Abuja is not safe.

“We have been saying this for long. All our efforts have been in vain.

“I hope the time has come for a more coordinated military activity to take place.

“Sambisa is several kilometers from Abuja but Kaure is just two hours from Abuja. So nobody is safe anymore, not even those in Abuja.

“This is the time to act , All hands must be on deck, it is not a fight for Niger state alone.

“I am not waiting for anyone anymore, I am going to take action”

The Nigerian Government has been battling with the Boko Haram sect for years. The sect’s murderous activities started in Borno State. But it has quickly spread to all parts of the North, and has acquired two other ” brothers in crime”  – ISWAP and Bandits.