Tukur Buratai, chief of army
staff, says the threat by the Boko Haram sect is real.
Speaking on Wednesday when the
chairman house of representatives committee on the army visited him in
Maiduguri, Borno state, Buratai blamed some politicians for fuelling
insecurity.
He said the military has strong
evidence that politicians are sponsoring banditry, kidnapping and other
criminal activities in the country.
The army chief attributed the
security challenges being experienced in the north and other parts of the
country to grievances that resulted from the outcome of the 2019 general
election.
He said some politicians who were
defeated during the elections sponsor criminal activities as a way of exacting
their revenge on the nation.
“The threat by Boko Haram is
quite real, they have been dealt with but they are still much around,” Buratai
said.
“In terms of their various soft
target attacks on some military locations, right now Boko Haram terrorists are
on the run but because of the resilient nature of terrorism, they are always
trying to score points to shows that they are much around.
“The myriad of security
challenges we are facing right now in the north-west, north-central and other
parts of the country, I want to believe and rightly so that it is a fallout of
the just concluded general election.
“The political class has
interest; politicians in particular who saw their defeats as a means to
revenge, sponsoring these criminal activities and even the bandits, clashes
between the farmers and herders.
“There are strong political
undertones and strong political influence in these kidnappings. We use this
opportunity to call on the chairman house committee on the army to prevail on
some of these politicians, to really look at national interest first, before
any political or sectional interest.
“We have strong evidence but we
are still being conscious so that we don’t get it wrong but the best is to
advice these politicians.”
The charge of the Army Chief that politicians of whatever colour is aiding the murderous Boko Haram in their wicked campaign against the State is very grievious and should not be treated lightly.Why are they still allowed to be walking around freely?
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