Governor Babagana Zulum, of Borno State, was captured in a video on Monday, confronting soldiers manning Damaturu-Maiduguri road, accusing them of extorting N1,000 from motorists, despite Bboko haram activities in the area.
Governor Zulum was said to be on his way to Jakana, a community where the terrorists attacked on Saturday, when he ran into a long queue of vehicles at one of the checkpoints.
The governor, who had been briefed that the military officers were extorting people, alighted from his vehicle and walked straight to where some of the soldiers were.
Boko Haram: Governor Zulum clearly not happy with the military officers taking 1,000 from motorists pic.twitter.com/Vbvpf0HZ4Q— The Herald (@HeraldNG) January 6, 2020
“I’m going to report all of you in this unit… nobody can tolerate this. Boko Haram is attacking people and you are here collecting N1000 per car,” he said in the video.
However, one of the soldiers tried to calm him down, saying he would look into the case, but Zulum added: “But we saw them.”
