Osinbajo in surprise visit to Borno
Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice-president, is currently in Borno, one of the states affected by the insurgency in the north-east of the country.
A security source told TheCable that Osinbajo arrived Maiduguri, the state capital, around 9:30am.
“The vice-president got to Maiduguri around 9:30am and visited some of the camps of the IDPs (internally displaced persons) here,” he said.
“As I speak to you now, he is leaving for Konduga and I don’t know whether he will come back to Maiduguri before leaving.”
Kashim Shettima, governor of the state, accompanied him to the IDP camps.
Osinbajo’s visit is coming a few weeks after Nigeria’s military command centre relocated to Maiduguri to speed up the process of ending the insurgency.
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to restore peace to the northeast and other parts of the country affected by insecurity.
Since the inauguration of May 29, this will be the first visit of a principal actor in Buhari’s government to the north-east.
The visit is seen as showing solidarity with the people and assuring them that the government is with them.
please can the authour change the heading to Osinbajo sneaks into Maiduguri; Just as the mainstream APC media reported it when Jonathan went. Just wait to see how they will praise the move tomorrow in the news and call it a bold move.
may God bring peace and prosperity to our dear country and then ramadan Kareem to all Muslims umma