Boko Haram Recruited Spies With ₦5,000 – Zulum

• “There was the risk that insurgents could, after making IDPs socially and economically vulnerable, also explore that vulnerability by offering food and cash incentives…”

Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has emphasised the need to continue to fight poverty in the country, lamenting that some people have been recruited into the Boko Haram group with just ₦5,000.

He said this while delivering an address to mark 2021 democracy day and second-year anniversary of his government.

The governor said a lot had been achieved not only in the infrastructural development of the state but in the area of securing the people from Boko Haram attack.

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He said, “From records, we have experienced instances when insurgents offered as low as between 5,000 and 10,000 Naira to recruit some spies and smugglers of weapons.

“We needed to ensure that our good citizens had the support they needed, and they were not exposed to potential attractions for the incentives of insurgents.

“There was the risk that insurgents could, after making IDPs socially and economically vulnerable, also explore that vulnerability by offering food and cash incentives to recruit fighters who could even serve as their spies in communities.”

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