Nigeria: Osinbajo Defies Boko Haram Threat, Visits Maiduguri

8 June 2017

Maiduguri — Barely 18 hours after the deadly attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday defied the presumed security threat, paying a one-day working visit to the troubled town.

The acting president, who is in the state to commence the distribution of 30,000 metric tonnes of assorted grains for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-east, landed at the Maiduguri International Airport in a presidential jet at about 12:30pm.

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