The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, during a virtual interview yesterday lamented the current state of insurgency in the North-East region of the country while also disclosing that some intels have it that the extremist sect currently holds over 10,000 boys and girls in their captivity and continues to indoctrinate them more and more with dangerous militant fundamentalism. 
The Governor further said that the gorup has killed over 30,000 Nigerians and has rendered over 3 million persons internally displaced.
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He made the claim yesterday in Makurdi during a virtual presentation as a guest lecturer at the 2021 Press Week/Lecture organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Correspondents’ Chapel, FCT Council.
Ortom said:
“The terror franchise is responsible for killings, rape, public executions, bombings of public and private property, and places of worship, robbery and mass abductions. These include the abductions of the Chibok girls (2012); Damasak school children (2015) and the Dapchi girls (2018) including Leah Sharibu who is still in custody.
“Reports indicate that Boko Haram is holding more than 10,000 boys and girls and continues to indoctrinate them into militant fundamentalism.
“The group was responsible for the bombing of the UN building in Abuja and has killed more than 30,000 people and displaced more than three million people. The North East is still unstable and there does not seem to be any prospects of defeating Boko Haram soon.”
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