Governor Sule Says Boko Haram Regrouping At Benue/Nasarawa Border

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa, on Friday, revealed the state is witnessing security challenges, adding that members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect are currently regrouping at the borders of Benue and Nasarawa State.

The Governor, who spoke to State House correspondents after meeting with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said even though the terrorists had been dislodged from Toto local government of the state, where they had camped, they have regrouped at the Nasarawa/Benue border from where they are now launching attacks on residents.

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The governor said he came to meet with the president to discuss the insecurity issue in Nasarawa along with other issues including the possible federal government take-over of Jitata road, which serves as an alternative route from the state to the FCT.

Governor Sule maintained that some of the Boko Haram elements active in the Nasarawa State belong to the Darussalam group that had been dislodged from Niger State, saying that upon a joint security operation, a lot of them were killed while 900 were arrested.

He added that those arrested confirmed their membership of the Boko Haram insurgency group.

He said having briefed the president, he was confident that action would be taken to curtail the increasing wave of insecurity in the state.