US EditionBorno Attack: Zulum Mourns Victims, Vows Rescue of Abducted Residents
Governor Babagana Zulum mourns victims of Boko Haram attack, pledges rescue of over 100 abducted women and children, and announces relief and intensified military operations, officials said.
- On Wednesday, suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP gunmen attacked Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local Government Area, abducting more than 100 women and children and killing the town's chief imam, elders, and soldiers shortly after Muslims broke their fast.
- Renewed terrorist activity across Nigeria has included abductions of schoolchildren and attacks on mosques and churches, officials say, and kidnappings have become a crime economy complicating security responses in insurgent areas.
- Providing relief, the state government has, Zulum visited Pulka on Friday, mourned residents killed in Ngoshe, and assured efforts to rescue abducted persons.
- Zulum called for increased military operations around the Mandara Mountains, while security forces intensify efforts to flush out insurgents and ongoing operations target attackers in Sambisa Forest.
- Daniel Bwala said the government is cooperating with Turkey and the United States, citing arrests of Boko Haram and Lakurawa leaders and a national emergency on insecurity declared around April or May 2025.
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Borno attack: Zulum mourns victims, vows rescue of abducted residents
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has mourned residents killed in a recent attack on Ngoshe community in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, assuring that efforts are ongoing to rescue those abducted during the incident. The governor spoke on Friday while visiting displaced residents from Ngoshe currently taking refuge in Pulka community, where he sympathised with families affected by the attack. DAILY POST had earlier reported that …
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Zulum pays sympathy visit to victims of Ngoshe attack, assures rescue of abducted residents
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has commiserated with the people of Ngoshe affected by the recent Boko Haram attack, describing the incident as tragic. Ngoshe, a community in Gwoza local government, was attacked on Tuesday evening, scores were killed, while others were abducted. Addressing members of the community The post Zulum pays sympathy visit to victims of Ngoshe attack, assures rescue of abducted residents appeared f…
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