Yobe State Governor Relocates His Family To Undisclosed Location Over Boko Haram Fears

A source within the government of Yobe State has told SaharaReporters that Governor Ibrahim Gaidam had moved his family out of Damaturu, capital of Yobe State, to an unknown location. The source said the governor’s decision to relocate his family was informed by Boko Haram’s widening insurgency and terrorism in the state.

A security source in the state also revealed that the governor had adopted extraordinary security measures to insulate himself as well as members of his close family from the violent activities of the militant Islamist group.

When the chief security officer of a state decides to smuggle members of his family to undisclosed location over security fears, then you realize how dire our situation is as a people – what now happens to the ordinary man??