SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri
Senator representing Southern Borno and Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Sen. Mohammed Ali Ndume, has cleared the grey areas over a report credited to him that 70 Elders were killed in his community, Gwoza town of Gwoza Local Government Area in Borno state by Boko Haram Insurgents.
According to his clarification, the incident took place about five years ago, and not a fresh attack as reported in some media.
Ndume made the clarification during a stakeholders meeting of his Community on Thursday which he confirmed to Journalists in a telephone call conversation.
Recall that Sen. Ndume was among the Senate Committee on Special Duties and North East Development Commission that paid courtesy call on Governor Zulum at the Government House Maiduguri in the evening of Wednesday.
He expanded to the stakeholders that here was a time when Boko Haram terrorists invaded Gwoza town at the peak of the insurgency and slaughtered 70 Gwoza Elders in Gwoza town within one day.
The Senator also lamented that some newspapers however misquoted him and made the statement a breaking news, like a fresh attack.
At the Stakeholders meeting it was gathered that Ndume flayed the federal government over the amnesty granted Boko Haram fighters
He said,” I am surprised to see some national dailies (not Vanguard) reported today (Thursday) or misquoted me as if it’s a new attack that happened to my Elders.
“Yes during our visit to Borno State and in one of our fora/gatherings, I told them that there was a day even before Gwoza was made a Caliphate of the Boko Haram sect, 70 Elders in Gwoza alone were slaughtered.
“I want to clarify that this statement on the attack is not a fresh one, but belated as it happened a few years ago.
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