Governor Babagana Zulum has set up a 24-member high-powered investigation committee on the Maiduguri Monday Market fire.
He said that Mr Dankwambo polled 143,155 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Alkali of the APC, who scored votes 77,948.
The Senate President scored 91,318 votes, defeating his PDP challenger Sheriff Abdullahi, who polled 22,849 in Saturday’s general elections.
Corps members deployed to Borno for the three-week exercise have been camping in Katsina due to the security challenges in the northeastern state.
Mr Zulum, addressing APC members at a stakeholders’ meeting on Sunday, urged members to work for a landslide, with a big margin.
“We will secure and restore Nigeria to what it should be,” the Labour Party flag bearer said at a rally in Maiduguri.
“She used to wake up frightened in the night, saying someone was calling her to follow him somewhere.”
Mr Danmadami further said that the air component of Operation Hadin Kai conducted a series of air interdiction operations at terrorists hideout.
The gang of serial ritualists known specialise in dismembering body parts of their victims.
The Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project for North-East Nigeria (MCRP) said about $2 million was spent on projects in the region.
