The Borno Elders’ Forum (BEF) has decried the horror, death,
destruction and misery that has been visited on North-eastern Nigeria
and particularly Borno State by Boko Haram, warning that the sect has
strategised and completely surrounded the city of Maiduguri.
A statement signed by the chairman of the forum, Ambassador Gaji
Galtimari Usman, and made available to THISDAY yesterday, said: “They
have reached as far as Kayamla from the south of Maiduguri; Dikwa and
Mafa from the east of Maiduguri; and have destroyed almost all the
island settlements at Lake Chad and the commercial fishing towns of
Baga, Doro, Kingarra, Duguri, Daban Masara, etc.”
