Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima has said he did not call former President Goodluck Jonathan to brief him after Boko Haram abducted over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, because he knew that security agencies must have briefed the president of the development the day it happened.

Mr. Shettima said as president, Mr. Jonathan had wide resources to keep him abreast of serious national security issues on a daily basis.

Mr. Shettima was responding to questions on why he waited for almost three weeks expecting the president to reach out to him over a major incident that happened in his domain.


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