The Federal Government has said several steps are being taken to check the violent activities of Boko Haram insurgents, including increased aerial surveillance of the north eastern part of the country.
It stated that a committee, set up to evaluate the preparedness of security forces to combat terrorists in the North-East, had submitted its report and the recommendations would be implemented.
Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who said this on Tuesday when he received a delegation from Dana Airline, added that the committee had taken an inventory of serviceable and unserviceable aircraft, stressing that the government would take appropriate decision to empower security forces to overcome the security crisis in the northern part of the country.
According to him, it is necessary to take proper control of the country’s borders especially in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, where the security challenge is high.
Moro revealed that most of the perpetrators of mayhem in the country were foreigners who entered the country illegally through the nation’s porous borders.
The minister noted that the government was using three measures to check illegal entry at the borders by constructing border plazas, deploying vehicular patrol and technological equipment as well as increasing aerial surveillance.
He said, “Since my visit to your (Dana) office and inspection of our facilities, we have taken some other steps to see how we can resuscitate our air border patrol. I had set up a committee to examine our existing preparedness to undertake border patrol against the backdrop of our existing aircraft; some that are serviceable and some that are not serviceable and the report has been submitted.”
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