Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday, undertook a working visit to Diffa Region of the Niger Republic.
 
The visit, which included a high-level security and economic delegation, focused on strengthening existing collaboration between Nigerian and Nigerien forces in the ongoing fight against insurgency, particularly around the shores of Lake Chad.
 
Diffa is a community 17 kilometres from Damasak town in northern Borno, where thousands of Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram insurgency are currently taking refuge.
 
Zulum was received by the Governor of Diffa, Brigadier General Mahamaduo Ibrahim Bagadoma, and other senior officials. The leaders held closed-door meetings centered on joint patrols, intelligence sharing, and sustaining the recent gains that have pushed insurgents out of many of their former strongholds.

The Borno helmsman outlined a plan to leverage the improved security situation to facilitate the return of thousands of displaced farmers to the vast and fertile agricultural lands around Dutchi town within the Lake Chad basin.