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| Gov Shettima Threatens To Jail Offending Civilian JTF Members |
| 2013-11-29 |
| [LEADERSHIP.NG] Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has warned the civilian JTF members undergoing re-orientation and transformation programme of the Borno State Youths Empowerment Scheme (BOYES) to shun all acts of criminality and unnecessary arrest and detention of people suspected to be Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... gunnies in their localities or face five years imprisonment without an option of fine. He also told them to do away with lawlessness in the conduct of their affairs in their localities, stressing that, "anyone found guilty or found wanting in the discharge of his or her responsibility or harassing and humiliating anybody because of the training they have acquired will be dealt with accordingly." The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Alhaji Umar Zanna Mustapha yesterday at the Batch 'B' passing out parade of the 1,000 trained vigilante youths known as civilian JTF, after their three weeks routine vigorous training held at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Maiduguri, announced to the youths that henceforth, they would receive N15,000 monthly allowance plus free uniforms and kits from the state government. |
| Posted by:Fred |