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Bala Ngilari, governor of Adamawa state, says there is an urgent need to deploy more troops to Adamawa state, which has come under heavy attacks from Boko Haram in recent times.

Addressing journalists at the presidential villa on Thursday, Ngilari said he has just been informed that the insurgents have possibly captured another community in the state.

He attributed unemployment as one of the major factors fueling insurgency, urging citizens to join hands with government to resolve the situation.

“We need a lot of intervention. There is need to move in more troops to secure the environs, for really it is a big challenge,” he said.

“There are other tough things that make up challenges of insecurity. What about the problem of lack of employment. You know it is a whole long story.

“Every citizen has a role to play in this matter in terms of giving information timely, convincing people who are involved in this thing because they live with us and are not from planet Mars. They are part and parcel of the society.”

Adamawa is among the three states presently under the state of emergency in the north-eastern part of the country.