Boko Haram: FG To Decide Mercenaries Engagement To Fight Insurgency

The Defence Headquarters says the Federal Government will decide the engagement of mercenaries to assist the military in combating the battle against Boko Haram Insurgency in the North East.

It noted that the security forces cannot challenge the initiative, stressing that it was up to Nigerians and the government to contract the private army.

Following the killing of over 43 rice farmers in Zabarmari, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents last Saturday, Governor Babagana Zulum had demanded the engagement of foreign mercenaries to tackle the militants.

Endorsing Zulum’s demand, the governors of North-East states said the thought of hiring mercenaries to fight Boko Haram should be taken seriously.

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