Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday, held a collection of high-level closed-door conferences with the nation’s prime navy brass in Abuja.
Governor Zulum met individually with the Chief of Military Employees, Lieutenant Common Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede; the Chief of Naval Employees, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla; and the Chief of Air Employees, Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar.
The conferences, whose particulars weren’t disclosed to the general public, centered on reinforcing joint navy operations, enhancing intelligence coordination, and formulating a sturdy response to the current spike in terrorist assaults throughout Borno State.
In keeping with sources conversant in the discussions, the governor urged for larger synergy among the many navy branches and fast motion to curtail escalating threats posed by rebel {groups} concentrating on each civilians and safety infrastructure.
The engagements come within the wake of an expanded safety council assembly held in Maiduguri earlier this week, the place Governor Zulum decried the rising frequency of terror assaults and warned of dire penalties if pressing steps should not taken.
The governor was joined in Abuja by a delegation of federal lawmakers and state officers, together with Senators Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South), Mohammed Tahir Monguno (Borno North), and Kaka Shehu Lawan (Borno Central). Members of the Home of Representatives, Mukhtar Betera Aliyu and Engr Bukar Talba, in addition to the State Commissioner for Info and Inside Safety, Professor Usman Tar, had been additionally in attendance.