Borno Strengthens Ties With Niger Republic On Border Security

Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has undertaken a working visit to Diffa Region of Niger Republic on a high-level security and economic delegation, focused on strengthening the existing collaboration between Nigerian and Nigerien forces in the ongoing fight against insurgency, particularly around the shores of Lake Chad.

Diffa is a community 17 km from Damasak town in northern Borno where thousands of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram insurgency are currently taking refuge.

Zulum was on Wednesday received by the governor of Diffa, Brigadier General Mahamaduo Ibrahim Bagadoma, and other senior officials. The leaders held closed-door meetings centred on joint patrols, intelligence sharing, and sustaining the recent gains that have pushed insurgents out of many of their former strongholds.

Zulum outlined plan to leverage the improved security situation to facilitate the return of thousands of displaced farmers to the vast and fertile agricultural lands around Dutchi town within the Lake Chad basin.

Part of the governor’s entourage are Engr Bukar Talba, a member of the House of Representatives, speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkarim Lawan, and other senior government officials.