Rotimi Amaechi, minister of
transportation, says the Boko Haram attacks in the north-east has only been
within Borno state since President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in 2015.
The minister said this while
speaking at the commencement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign
for the 2019 elections.
The programme held in Uyo, Akwa
Ibom state capital, on Friday.
Amaechi said the APC had made
progress in securing the country, adding that change does not come without some
measure of pains.
“I’ve been silent for a very long
time and the reason you have not heard from me is that you don’t talk while
you’re busy; we’ve been extremely busy in the past four years,” he said.
“About this time four years ago,
we were running round, begging Nigerians to change the leadership of the
country. We promised just three things; to improve on the economy, to enhance
security and we promised to fight corruption.
“These are just the three things
we promised. Anybody that says we promised N1 will be $1 must be a magician.
Anybody who says we promised that fuel price will fall or we will bring down
the fuel price must also be a magician. We are not voodoo economist.
“It was very clear what was
wrong; we got in, and saw the challenges, we never knew they had stolen all the
money. We thought they had conscience to leave some money behind. And when we
got in, we were mindful of the promises we made. So the president gave all of
us in his cabinet challenges to ensure that we rescue this country.
“Nigerians would agree that
before we came to power, as governor of Rivers state, I could not sleep in
Kano. I was asked to leave back to Abuja. Nigerians would agree that Kano was
attacked, Abuja was attacked, since we got to government to now, any attack
from Boko Haram has always been in Borno and not outside Borno. So have we made
any improvement in security? The answer is yes.”
TheCable fact checkers are
disputing the minister’s claim and have identified a series of attacks in
Adamawa and Yobe states between 2015 and now.
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