• JTF arrests Borno ANPP chairman, Othman
• Niger resettles 6,420 displaced from Nigeria by Boko Haram
• Troops, youths capture 12 suspected terrorists
FOLLOWING the Boko Haram attack on Government Secondary School, Mamudo, which killed 31 students, teacher and a resident at dawn on Saturday, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State Sunday ordered the closure of all secondary schools in the state.
   Gaidam described the killings as inhumane, saying that God would expose the perpetrators and sponsors of the dastardly acts. He called on the security forces to change their modus operandi in checking the activities of the dreaded Islamist sect in order to end the incessant attacks and killings in the state and the country at large.
   Also Sunday, the Presidency condemned the attack on a school in Mamudo village in Potiskum, Yobe State, leading to the death of over 40 students and a teacher, describing it as wicked and barbaric.
   President Goodluck Jonathan, reacting to the development, however, assured Nigerians that the battle against terrorism would continue despite the setbacks. 
Speaking through his media aide, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan said that any person who targeting innocent children as a result of emotional dysfunction would certainly burn in hell. He assured of his administration’s determination to end the menace of terror in the country, describing terrorists as cowards.
   Meanwhile, the state chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Alhaji Mala Othman, has been arrested by the military Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Restore Order in Maiduguri, the agency’s Spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, confirmed to newsmen Sunday. 
  The Guardian learnt that Othman’s residence was razed by some members of the Borno Vigilance Youths Group (BVYG), who have taken it upon themselves to flush out Boko Haram terrorism from the state.
  The youth, who after several unsuccessful attempts to arrest Othman over alleged “gun running and sponsorship of terrorist acts,” razed his residence last Monday at the new Government Reservation Area (GRA), Maiduguri.
  Lt.-Col. Musa said Sunday that Othman was in JTF’s custody undergoing interrogation,” adding: “Investigation is on-going and the press will be briefed accordingly at the end.”
  In another development, the Nigerien provisional government in Diffa has resettled 6,420 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Nigeria, including non-citizens, following the recent Boko Haram attacks on Monguno, Kukawa and Abadam councils of Borno State.
  Of the IDPs, who fled to the Nigerien border town of Bosso, 1,500 are Nigerians while 4,920 are non-citizens who had been living in Nigeria but fled to the border town and were resettled at four centres - Bosso, Mamuri, Bulagana and Garin Ahmadu.
  Moreover, in their renewed efforts against terrorism in the state, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) and members of Borno Vigilance Youths Group (BVYG) at the weekend smashed two Boko Haram hideouts in Zajeri and Bulunkutu wards of Maiduguri, arresting 12 terrorist suspects and recovering five rifles.
  The youth stormed Zajeri ward at dawn on Saturday, arrested nine suspects in their various hideouts with their rifles and handed them to the JTF local commander on Baga Road by 7.35a.m.
  The Bulunkutu arrests, according to BVYG Chairman, Abubakar Mallum, were made by the youth during their six-hour stop-and-search operations with their sticks, knives and cutlasses on the Airport Road and Pompomari bye-pass.
  However, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has challenged Nigerian leaders to be more proactive in tackling the insurgency that has dominated the northern region and brought it to its knees in recent years.
  The JNI Secretary General, Dr. Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, said this when the JNI visited Governor Sule Lamido, noting that though the society has a role to play in stemming the tide of violence, political leaders have the bulk of the responsibility.
  He insisted that at this trying period, more proactive measures were required from those saddled with leading others, saying, “the challenge of insecurity has crippled the region (North); lives are lost on frequent basis.”
  Speaking at the weekend on the resettlement of IDPs from Nigeria at the Nigerien border town of Bosso, Governor of Diffa Province, Hassan Ardo, said the cordial diplomatic relationship between his country and Nigeria, as well as their cultural, religious and ethnic similarities, informed his government to resettle all the Boko Haram displaced persons.
  Bosso is 262 kilometres north of Maiduguri, Borno State capital. According to Ardo, Nigeriens have been living in Nigeria for many decades without causing any diplomatic hitches to peace, but the Boko Haram insurgency is an act of God that will end with continuous prayers and vigilance by every citizen of both countries.
  “Our people and the Nigerian citizens both living here in Bosso or in Nigeria are like brothers and sisters who have never quarreled or fought on issues that affect their lives,” he said. “But today, this situation is being altered by the Boko Haram attacks and killings in the two countries. 
  “The fleeing people, including Nigerian citizens, into Niger, will not break the existing cordial relationship between us. Instead, we welcomed them here to Bosso town in Diffa Province by providing them with food items and other relief materials amounting to over 300 metric tons.”
  Meanwhile, Ardo disclosed that all the women and children at the four resettlement centres have been vaccinated against the six child-killer diseases, including polio and measles, in order to prevent the outbreak of diseases.
  And speaking at the same place yesterday, Governor Kashim Shettima thanked the Giffa governor for accepting and resettling the fleeing persons, especially the 1,500 Nigerians. Represented by his deputy, Zanna Umar Mustpha, Shettima hoped that the cordial relationship between both countries would not be destroyed.
  He told Ardo that peace has returned to Borno and urged the fleeing residents to return to Nigeria, as food items and other relief materials have been provided for distribution at the Abadam Local Council Headquarters, Mallam Fatori.

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By so diong, Yobe state is telling Boko Haram that their (Boko Haram`s) agenda of no western education is going to be a reality someday.
There are thousands of soldiers in barracks across the country. Why not ddeploy them instaad of closing schools?