“There was an attack on Bama. We have yet to get the actual number of casualties but I am told they have inflicted a lot of damage on the town,” the troubled governor said.
Reacting to statements by Jonathan's Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, Gov Shettima said it is very unfortunate that Okupe disregarded “the sensitivity of a highly traumatic people for no other reason but cheap goal of showing he is working.”
But in the statement signed by his aide, Governor Shettima said it was an irony that while Okupe didn’t find the senseless killing of over 300 innocent Nigerians by the Boko Haram in February alone worthy of a press briefing, he found it urgent and convenient to attack a sitting governor who's on the ground.
The statement reads in part, “A leader must be bold enough to tell the truth so that solutions can be found to the critical situations. Dr. Okupe should kindly note that; if he is finding a governor to drive any rift with the Presidency, he has not found one in Shettima, because those who know him (Shettima) know him to be honest, courageous, respectful, humble but also dogged.”
The statement said Governor Shettima knows exactly he's talking about:
“They (Boko Haram) struck in Konduga for four hours in broad daylight on a market day. To tell you that the insurgents are organised, after the attack in Konduga, they went to the Girls’ Secondary School and carried some girls.
“You cannot tell me that they have been dislodged and that they are operating from remote villages. Konduga is not anywhere near Goza Hills, he (Okupe) is lying, it is nowhere near Goza Hills.”
“The governor is right; this kind of war cannot be won using conventional tactics. Those denying it are just to trying to deny it for public consumption." -
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