Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele
Fayose, has alleged that Boko Haram has become a source of indirect treasury
looting; saying “Those benefiting from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
scams, payment of ransom (in dollars) to free those abducted by the Boko Haram
insurgents, among others will never wish to see the end of the insurgency.”
In a statement issued on
Wednesday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media,
Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose insisted that withdrawal of $1 billion from the
Excess Crude Account by the federal government was a continuation of the use of
fight against the insurgents to fleece the country.
He lamented that Nigerians were
now getting to a state of helplessness on the insurgency; adding that
“Painfully, it appears we will have to live with Boko Haram for a very long
time because waiting for this President Muhammadu Buhari led federal government
to save Nigerians is a waste of time. They boasted that Boko Haram will be
defeated within three months; it is now more than 30 months. All that they have
told Nigerians is grammar. Boko Haram technically defeated, Boko Haram
completely defeated and now Boko Haram completely degraded. ”
The governor said; “We have heard
stories of alleged diversion of foods and relief materials meant for the
Internally DisplacedPersons (IDPs) in the North-East to Chad and Niger
Republic, about 200 tons of
dates donated by the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia for distribution to the IDPs sold in the open market in Abuja and
most importantly, use of the IDPs camps by top government officials to
perpetrate monumental fraud. As long as fight against Boko Haram remains a
business venture, providing cheap money for top officials of this government,
the insurgency will continue.
“The anti-corruption watchdog,
Transparency International said last year that corruption in the military was
weakening Nigeria’s efforts to battle Boko Haram.
“In Transparency International’s
words; ‘corrupt military officials have been able to benefit from the conflict
through the creation of fake defense contracts, the proceeds of which are often
laundered abroad in the UK, U.S. and elsewhere.’
“In its own report, the US
Department of State’s Bureau for Counterterrorism and Countering
Violent Extremism said that the inability of security agencies in Nigeria to
share intelligence report because of animosity is affecting the success in the
fight against Boko Haram.
“The public disagreement between
the army and police over the security arrangements that were in place in Dapchi
and other communities in Yobe State a few days before the Boko Haram attack
that led to the abduction of the 110 girls has further lend credence to the
position of the US Department of State’s Bureau for Counterterrorism and
Countering Violent Extremism.
“President Buhari must therefore
have to look inward and purge his government of those benefitting from the
insurgency is indeed he desires that it should end.”
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Fayose, I never like the way you talk about this Buhari government but this one, you are 100% correct. The few Kanuri politicians that allows their daughters to be used for this fraudulent, unholy experiments are the ones I cannot conclude up till now whether they are human beings or not.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who travels around Yobe devastated, partially accessible communities and has also spoken with a lot of village dwellers will confirm to you that real boko haram is actually technically defeated. They cannot over-run or take control of any community again talk less of abducting huge number of people, female gender for that matter that requires serious existential logistics for even 24 hours. This is not possible. What is happening is purely political. My fear now is how the issue is becoming an international business in collaboration with some unscrupulous politicians to exploit our common wealth from our common purse- treasury.
Buhari should withdraw the army and allow each state to pay for their services to solve their security problems themselves or even do it themselves. Every communities knows themselves and can as well treat the fuck-up of one another. Simple.