Insurgency: We Won’t Be Cowed, Shettima Vows After Borno Attacks
By: Abudu Olalekan
Dark night in Ngoshe. Gwoza, Borno State. Terrorists strike. Boko Haram. Again. They hit a military base first—82 Division Task Force Battalion. Guns blazing. Then storm the community. IDP camp too. Women snatched. Kids gone. Soldiers down. Chief Imam killed. Brutal. Hearts sink.
Word spreads fast. Vice-President Kashim Shettima—Borno boy himself—reacts quick. His home state. Hurts personal. Through media aide Stanley Nkwocha, he fires back. No fear. “We won’t be cowed.” Resolute. Government’s locked in. Protecting lives. Properties. Against this insurgency mess.
Painful, he says. “Shadow lingers.” But nah. “We pick light. Hope.” Nation’s edge? Anarchy or order. President Tinubu briefed. Orders fly. “Swift mobilization.” Security ramps up. Tactical assets. Intelligence boosts. Heading to the hot zones.
No mercy. “Perpetrators face full wrath.” Not just war. Defending humanity. Against hate preachers. Gory acts? Won’t break us. Shettima’s heart bleeds. Families torn. Brave soldiers—supreme sacrifice. “Won’t rest till abducted ones home safe.”
Praises flow. Borno’s grit. Governor Babagana Zulum leading strong. Troops? Gallant. Frontline heroes. “One nation. Common destiny.” Human life? Sacred. Non-negotiable. This madness ends. Not talk. Action. Overwhelming force. Nigerian State.
Shettima knows Borno deep. Born there. Felt the pain. Insurgency’s dragged on. Years. Villages razed. Thousands dead. IDPs scattered. But pushback grows. Tinubu’s admin doubles down. More troops. Tech. Intel sharing.
Imagine it. Ngoshe folks hiding. Gunfire echoes. Kids screaming. Soldiers fight back. Some fall. Imam prays last. Then silence. Dawn brings reinforcements. But scars deep.
Government vows no sanctuary. Not an inch of soil. Boko Haram shrinks? Maybe. But pockets fight dirty. Abductions fund ’em. Ransom. Recruits. Cycle vicious.
Shettima’s words rally. “Soul of humanity.” Poetic almost. Mix of steel and empathy. Borno resilient. Zulum’s no stranger—rebuilds schools, farms. Fights daily.
Troops applauded. Risk it all. Families wait. Nation prays.
This ain’t new. Northeast bleeds long. But momentum shifts? Drones. Special forces. Community tips. Hope flickers.
Shettima assures. Total wipeout. No empty promises. Watch. Security architecture mobilizes. Swift.
Reportersroom’s on it. Borno updates here. reportersroom.ng/shettima-borno.
Folks in Gwoza? Holding. Praying. Government steps up. Light over shadow.
One nation. Won’t cow.
