Guzamala local government area of Borno State is still under the control of Boko Haram/ISWAP, Speaker of Borno State House of Assembly, Abdulkareem Lawan, has said.
The speaker said this has led to the suspension of all human existence including the military from the area.
Lawan disclosed this on Friday at the official flag-off of the distribution of Phase IV Scholarship worth N5 million to 446 indigenous students of Guzamala studying at various tertiary institutions.
He appealed to the Federal Government and the military authorities to take advantage of the operation desert sanity recently launched by the joint task force Northeast operation Hadin Kai to clear all Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad.
If done, he said, it will restore locals back to their communities and resume life normally.
“The entire Guzamala Local Government area where I hail from is still under the control of Boko Haram sect as there is no presence of troops or civilians since they were displaced by insurgents about six years ago. As I speak, Kukawa, which is the Council Headquarters of kukawa LGA only has the presence of troops of the Nigerian army without a civilian population.
“There is no single existence of civil authority in Guzamala, not to even talk of military presence in the Council Headquarter and its surrounding communities, our people including our district heads, stakeholders who are here with us are still taking refuge in camps and host communities located in Nganzai, Monguno and other neighbouring local government areas including Maiduguri metropolis for the last six years.
