The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to hire foreign mercenaries to fight Boko Haram insurgents.
The House made the resolution following a motion moved by Representative Abdulkadir Rahis during plenary on Wednesday.
In his motion, Rahis raised the alarm over the recent spike in attacks on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, particularly the February 23 attacks, which resulted in 16 fatalities.
He noted that the “attack was one of the most daring as the terrorists indiscriminately launched rockets into the city which inflicted mass destruction on the populace”.
Rahis called on the Federal Government to re-strategise in the fight against insurgents.
However, another representative, Mansur Soro, moved an amendment to the motion, calling on the government to consider foreign military contractors in the anti-terror war.
The House also resolved to “send a delegation to commiserate with the victims and the Government of Borno State”.
It also urged “the military authorities to re-strategise and take the fight to the Boko Haram enclaves”.
The resolution comes in the wake of a similar call by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, who during the meeting of the North-East Governors Forum recently, called on the Federal Government to revert to the use of foreign mercenaries.
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