Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria's former President who spoke at the 2nd
session of the Synod held at the Cathedral Church of St.Paul’s Anglican
Church, Oleh in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, stated
that Buhari's government strengthened Boko Haram by paying ransoms.
The former President who warned that every insecurity situation in
Nigeria must be taken seriously and be addressed at once without
favouritism or cuddling, spoke on the topic, “Mobilizing Nigeria’s human& natural resources for national development and stability”.
Admitting that Boko Haram and herdsmen acts of violence were not
treated as they should at the beginning, Obasanjo stated that Buhari's
government strengthened Boko Haram by paying ransoms which they have
continuously denied. He said;
“They have both incubated and developed beyond what Nigeria can
handle alone. They are now combined and internationalized with ISIS in
control.
It is no longer an issue of lack of education and lack of
employment for our youths in Nigeria which it began as, it is now West
African fulanization, African Islamization and global organized crimes
of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun
trafficking, illegal mining and regime change.
“Yet, we could have dealt with both earlier, and nip them in
the bud, but Boko Haram boys were seen as rascals not requiring serious
attention in administering holistic measures of stick and carrot. And
when we woke up to the reality, it was turned to industry for all and
sundry to supply materials and equipment that were already outdated and
that were not fit for active military purpose.
“Soldiers were poorly trained for the unusual mission, poorly
equipped, poorly motivated, poorly led and made to engage in propaganda
rather than achieving results. Intelligence was poor and governments
embarked on games of denials while paying ransoms which strengthened the
insurgents and yet governments denied payments of ransoms. Today, the
insecurity issue has gone beyond the wit and capacity of Nigerian
Government or even West African Governments”.
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