By Bode Olushegun
Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has outlawed political thuggery in all parts of the North East State.
The governor who had, in July 2019, ordered the ban of thuggery in Maiduguri and subsequently in Biu local government area in January 2021, had on Saturday extended the ban to Gwoza town where he spent the weekend on official duty.
The governor, however announced on Sunday in Gwoza, before departing for Maiduguri, that the ban of thuggery would be on in all the 27 local government areas of the state.
Also on Sunday, the governor supervised the distribution of N80 million cash and food supplies to 16,000 female returnees in the township as part of activities in the second day of his humanitarian visit to towns and villages in Gwoza local government area of the state.
The Governor who arrived Gwoza on Friday, had on Saturday supervised the distribution of N150m to small and medium scale traders as well as food to 27,000 mostly male family members who returned after fleeing from Boko Haram occupation.
In continuation of his humanitarian interventions on Sunday, the governor gave a cash of N5,000 each to 16,000 to complement varieties of food items which were also given to them.
The intervention is part of the continued support to vulnerable residents of communities whose means of livelihood were affected by activities of Boko Haram.
Gwoza came under Boko Haram’s occupation between 2014 and 2015 with the insurgents deadly leader, Abubakar Shekau, declaring the town the spiritual and territorial headquarters of the sect.
It was, however, liberated by the military sometimes in 2015. But not until the insurgents destroyed hundreds of private homes and public facilities.
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