{"id":20678,"date":"2020-06-11T13:36:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=20678"},"modified":"2020-06-11T13:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:36:59","slug":"borno-massacre-theres-compelling-need-to-step-up-security-intelligence-in-northeast-atiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=20678","title":{"rendered":"BORNO MASSACRE: There\u2019s compelling need to step up security, intelligence in Northeast \u2013Atiku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Atiku1.jpg\" alt=\"Atiku and his promise on restructuring\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Vice President,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/atiku-to-contest-for-presidency-again-in-2023\/\">Atiku Abubakar<\/a>, has declared that there is compelling need to step up security and intelligence in the Northeast which is still an endemic region of terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atiku made the comments in a post on Twitter (Wednesday) while reacting to the killing of Nigerians in Faduma village of Gubio Local Government Area of Borno State in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He therefore called on the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to step up security in the northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am saddened by the despicable massacre of innocent Nigerians in Faduma Kolomdi in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/buhari-reacts-over-deadly-boko-haram-attack-in-borno-charges-military-to-deal-with-terrorists\/\">Borno State<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a compelling need to step up security and intelligence in the Northeast which is still an endemic region of terrorism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy deepest condolences to the families of the dead,\u201d Atiku added in his post on Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This came days after the son of Atiku Abubakar revealed that his father would again run for the office of Nigerian president in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former vice president\u2019s son, Adamu Atiku-Abubakar, disclosed this when he presented the scorecard of his ministry as the Commissioner for Works and Energy in Adamawa State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Vice President,&nbsp;Atiku Abubakar, has declared that there is compelling need to step up security and intelligence in the Northeast which is still an endemic region of terrorism. 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