Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Boko Haram has not been completely defeated in the country because the Nigerian military is not adequately equipped to deal with the insurgents.
Obasanjo said this at a panel discussion on ‘Development and Security: Dealing with New Threats’ at the ongoing 2015 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
He said “The military was not adequately equipped to deal with terrorism and there was corruption in the high ranks of the military. I believe Boko Haram will be dealt but it will not be dealt with only by military force because we have to deal with the big problems of underdevelopment and poverty. But if you don’t do that and you keep on hanging those problems, they will be suppressed for a while and it will be a matter of years, then you will begin to have Boko Haram in one form or the other rearing its ugly head again.”
He also added that the incoming administration of President-Elect, Mohammadu Buhari will adequately deal the insurgents.
Meanwhile Rivers Governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi has said that until justice is served, he will not forgive the state Governor-elect, Chief Nyesom Wike.
Ameachi during his 50th birthday thanksgiving service at the Corpus Christi Cathedral in Port Harcourt, while reacting to the plea by the Catholic Bishop of Port Harcourt Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Camillus Etokudoh, that both politicians (Amaechi and Wike) should reconcile their differences in the interest of the people.
Ameachi said “All those that were killed during the last general election must get justice. Their families must get justice. Our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), must get justice first at the election petition tribunal. Our mandate must be retrieved at the tribunal.
“I am surprised that My Lord congratulated Wike here today. I am using this opportunity to call on the church to join the APC in praying to God so that we can reclaim our mandate. Reclaiming our mandate at the election petition tribunal will represent a measure of justice. We must seek justice before reconciliation.”
He expressed regret that he had been a victim of betrayal by his associates, including in his cabinet. He however thanked members of the state House of Assembly for standing with him all through his administration.
“I was shocked by some of the people that betrayed me. At the appropriate time, God will forgive them. Let me use this opportunity to thank members of the Rivers State House of Assembly for their support all though the crisis. I did not give them money to stand by me. I commend them for their sacrifice.”
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