From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri
Senator Mohammed Ndume has revealed how military troops halted Boko Haram attacks on voters in Borno State during last Saturday’s elections.
Ndume representing Borno South in the Senate, in an interaction with journalists, yesterday, in Maiduguri said: “On the election day, they were firing from the rear in the hill. They targeted three locations – INEC office, Gwoza Primary School and Jajeri. They first sent some ladies as elections were starting. The commander assured us they will clear the Boko Haram within 30 minutes or more, and I was impressed by their gallantry. They fought and it didn’t take them more than an hour to restore normalcy.”
No fewer than five people were, however, injured in the attack on the town of Gwoza by the terrorists.
The attack, according to the senator, scared many electorates and prevented then from voting.
He, however, commended INEC officials and the people for their resilience. Gwoza, the hometown of the lawmaker has a total of 137,000 registered voters, but only about 20,000 people voted last Saturday according to the results tally by INEC.
Ndume commended the deployment of technology by the military in monitoring the locations of the terrorists, which he said gave troops greater advantage to crush the Boko Haram fighters.