*  Buhari 

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged communities in Adamawa and Borno to play active role in security of their localities.


He urged  communities in the country to revert to old practices by which new arrivals in their neighbourhood were taken note of by local chief and security agencies.
The President recalled that this was the practice that worked well in past, in securing neighbourhood and local communities.

 The president noted  that in the past, village head and the local police knew about new entrant into their community.

Buhari urged the people to go back to those rudimentary acts of local policing to detect traits of criminality before evil-doers got the chance to act against their common interest.
He also urged  the people to assist security agencies, saying ``the job of securing life and property is too important to be left to security officials alone.

In a press release,  Malam Shehu Garba, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, on Saturday in Abuja  quoted Buhari as making the  remarks in a letter he gave the  delegation  to Borno and Yobe States to condole with the governments and people over the increased bombing activity by Boko Haram terrorists.

 The president appealed to the people concerned to share in the responsibility of securing their communities.He promised the full support and the determination of his administration to end the menace of the Boko Haram terrorists by the end of the year.

 The statement said that  Buhari’s message was read at hospitals, emirs’  carry out his murderous campaign by attacking soft targets.

 ``The intention of the enemy is to create widespread fear amongst the civilian population since he cannot subdue our armed forces,’’ he said.

The statement also quoted Gov. Bukar Shettima of Borno while receiving the delegation as commending President Buhari’s efforts to end Boko Haram attacks in the country.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal led the  delegation which comprised  the Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Alhaji Mala Buni; Shehu, and Bukar Maina, a Permanent Secretary in the office of the SGF.