Nigeria, March 9 -- Borno South Senator, Ali Ndume, has urged President Bola Tinubu to consider hiring attack helicopters for the Nigerian military to strengthen its fight against insurgency if the government lacks the funds to procure them.

Mr Ndume, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the yearly budgetary allocation to the military should be significantly increased to enable the armed forces to acquire adequate equipment.

The senator made the call in a statement on Sunday while sympathising with families of victims killed by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Ngoshe community, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.

Several soldiers, the chief imam of the town and s...