Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nurtured Boko Haram into the monster it became
when President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015.
Mohammed said this in response to a comment credited to
Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the PDP.
The former vice-president had said the inability of the
federal government to defeat the insurgent group puzzles him.
Reacting on Tuesday at the 11th edition of the scorecard
series of Buhari’s administration, the minister said Atiku should ask his party
why it allowed the insurgents to bomb the UN and police headquarters in Abuja.
“For six years until 2015, when our administration assumed
office and inherited Boko Haram, the PDP more or less nurtured the insurgents
to the monster they later became,” Mohammed said.
“Alhaji Atiku should ask his party why it allowed Boko Haram
to operate freely, bombing cities, motor parks, schools and other soft targets
are unrestrained.
“Alhaji Atiku, who was then residing in Abuja before porting
to his new abode in Dubai, should ask his party, the PDP, while it allowed Boko
Haram to bomb the police headquarters, the UN complex, a shopping mall and
motor parks in Abuja with so much ease.”
The minister said under the Buhari administration, the
insurgents have been cleared from their strongholds, with just “remnants” left
around the Lake Chad area.
“The former vice-president may want to know that both
kinetic and non-kinetic activities employed by the military have seen the
terrorists surrendering in droves, thereby freeing large spaces for normal
socio-economic life to resume,” he said.
“The good news this year is that a bumper agricultural
harvest is assured, as farmers were able to carry out extensive farming, which
has not been possible since the beginning of insurgency/terrorism in the
north-east.
“While on the campaign trail and throwing political jabs, we
advise His Excellency Alhaji Atiku to note the popular idiom that people who
live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
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