Kashim Shettima, governor of Borno state, broke down in tears before President Muhammadu Buhari over the setbacks being recorded in the Boko Haram war in his state.
This happened in Abuja on Monday, as the governor met the president at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, in the company of the country’s key defence officers.
Shettima, who led leaders of the state to Buhari to seek audience with the president, said in his introductory remarks that Borno elders have lost hope on matters relating to the war.
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The meeting had in attendance Babagana Monguno, National Security Adviser; Gabriel Olonisakin, chief of defence staff; Ahmed Abubakar, acting director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA); and Yussuf Bitchi, the director general of Department for State Services (DSS).
Shettima told the President that the leaders came to present a set of observations and specific requests from an extraordinary security meeting held a week ago in Borno State, which will require urgent presidential intervention.
Shettima amidst tears over the current setback in the fight against insurgency, told Buhari that the leaders have not lost hope in his ability to win the war and restore peace to the state.
His unexpected outburst promptly led to members of the press being excused from the meeting.