Shettima calls for calm over Boko Haram’s `caliphate’
(Nigeria )
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State
on Monday advised residents of the state to remain calm following alleged
proclamation of Islamic State in Gwoza by Boko Harm insurgents.
This is contained in a statement by Shettima in Maiduguri .
The governor was reacting to a video released by the
terrorists on their operations in Borno.
``I can assure the good people of Borno and other members of
the public that the State Government is actively in touch and supporting
security agencies deployed to the state.
``We are not just studying the situation with collaborative
tact and urgency but indeed appropriate measures are being taken by the right
authorities’’, he said.
He urged the people to remain calm and resolute in their
support for security agencies and abiding in faith and prayers.
``The security agencies are in position to analyse the
content of the said new video, compare with the facts on ground in Gwoza and
brief the Nigerian public as they deem fit professionally.
``They should bear in mind the national interest and
patriotism as well as the overall safety of citizens’’, he said.
The governor appealed to Nigerians and the media not to
dramatise and sensationalise issues such as the one connected with Gwoza.
``This is to prevent the insurgents from achieving their aim
which is to claim victory over our sovereign state, our rights to existence,
our freedom and our liberty.
``It is always the goal of the insurgents to create so much
panic that will make anyone who doesn't share their ideology feel unsafe and
defeated’’, he said.
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