Newly Appointed Nsa's Family Member Being Held Captive By Boko Haram

Newly Appointed Nsa's Family Member Being Held Captive By Boko Haram

The newly appointed National security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen Babagana Monguno as his job cut out to him as it has been revealed by the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima that a member of his family is being held captive by Boko Haram insurgents. President Buhari on Monday named Gen. Monguno and Maj-Gen Tukur Burutai as the NSA and the Chief of Army Staff (COAS). They are both indigenes of Borno state.

Shettima, who described the appointment of the duo of Gen. Monguno and Gen. Buratai as “one of the happiest moments in his lifetime”, said: “The fight to overcome insurgents ‘is now or never’ because with the duo, Nigeria now has the best of chances to overcome the challenges of insurgency facing it since 2009.”

His words: “Yesterday was the happiest moment of my life. President Muhammadu Buhari made a strong statement by his decision to appoint two highly competent sons of Borno to the offices of the National Security Adviser and the Chief of Army Staff.

“I think his strategy was to get people with ancestral knowledge of the Borno terrain. Maj-Gen Tukur Buratai is even a direct victim of Boko Haram attacks. He lost family members when his residence was attacked earlier this year in Buratai, a town in Biu Local Government area.

“Monguno (town) was destroyed and once occupied by Boko Haram and that is where the new NSA, retired Maj-Gen Babagana Monguno, hails from. In fact, a key family member of General Monguno is still being held captive by Boko Haram insurgents.