A house of representatives member has revealed that as many as eight local government areas have been occupied by Boko Haram terrorists.
House of Reps member, Ahmadu Jaha, on Tuesday, said that Boko Haram terrorists were occupying eight Local Government Areas out of the 10 LGs in the northern part of Borno State, Punch Metro reports.
Jaha represents Damboa/Gwoza/Chibok federal constituency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress.
According to a video on TheCable, Jaha said, “(A) number of geographical locations in Borno State and other insurgency-related areas are under the occupation of Boko Haram.
“Let us take, for instance, in a Local Government that has 13 electoral wards like my own Gwoza, only three or four are not under the occupation of Boko Haram.
“In Chibok, I have 10 electoral wards, only two are not under the occupation of Boko Haram. In Damboa, I have 10 electoral wards, only one is not under the occupation of Boko Haram. This is as far as Chibok/Damboa/Gwoza federal constituency is concerned.
“The same thing…the Chief Whip to the house can bear me witness, out of the 10 Local Governments in northern Borno, only two Local Governments and their headquarters, are still not under the occupation of Boko Haram.”