Governor of Borno state, H. E. Umaru Zulum has inducted 1,000 hunters freshly engaged to join the existing ones in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram. The induction of the hunters was done at Gongulong ward, weeks after each of them completed security vetting by the Department of State Service (DSS) and the military. It was attendee by Secretary to Borno state government, Usman Jidda Shuwa; head of service, Barr. Simon Malgwi, commissioners and other government officials. Governor Zulum stated that hunters in the state has become part of it's success story because of their active involvement in trying to address the security challenges that is being experienced in the state. He said that due the security challenges, the government had to engage in the recruitment of more hunters to assist the military in their fight against insurgency. Governor Zulum has since 2019, engaged the services of thousands of hunters drawn from different parts of northern Nigeria, to join volunteers in the civilian JTF and vigilantes. He also increased and automated monthly allowances of all volunteers, provided kits, surveillance tools and allocated hundreds of vehicles to units in all of Borno’s 27 local government areas. The hunters are to provide dedicated protection to farmers who cultivate crops in outskirts of Jere, where over 70 farmers were killed in November 2020 as well as farms in parts of Maiduguri metropolis, Konduga and Mafa Local Government Areas.
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