Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (Borno South) has decried the unabated assaults by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, particularly on the final Saturday invasion on Ashigashiya village in Gwoza native authorities space and Kopul village of Askira-Uba native authorities space in his Senatorial District.
The separate assaults led to the killing of a disabled family who was consumed in a fireplace reportedly arrange by the terrorists at his home in Ashigashiya.
Many residential homes have been additionally set ablaze with looting of foodstuffs and livestock.
Additionally in Kopul village, there was no casualty recorded, however many homes, outlets have been destroyed, with displacement of many individuals who fled into the bush for security.
Ndume in an interview with our correspondent in Maiduguri on Sunday commiserate with the victims of the assaults, at the same time as he reiterated his name on the federal authorities to completely equip the navy, police and different safety companies with subtle weapons to finish Boko Haram atrocities.
He stated: “Our Nigerian Armed Forces are doing their greatest in combating Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists, however they’re handicapped when it comes to weapons.
“There’s the pressing want for the federal authorities to coach, equip, arms and encourage the navy forces.
“Our navy and different safety companies ought to have entry to Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) autos, fighter jets and drones if we actually wish to finish Boko Haram,” Ndume acknowledged.