A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain in Oyo state, Chief Dejo Raimi, has condemned the recent remarks by Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako where he accused the Jonathan administration of sponsoring the genocide being committed by Boko Haram.
According to Raimi, “Nyako belongs to the group of Northern oppressors, who believe in keeping their inhabitants away from education, knowledge and civilization so that they can continue to rely on them for all their needs, including their daily food.”
He said: “He doesn’t believe in giving the kind of education that saw him becoming a success either in the military or politics to the children of the poor and the cattle rearers so that they can continue to be oppressed and suppressed.
“Can we say he’s becoming senile because of his age? To have survived in the Nigerian Army where he served for 35 years before coming into politics and to be saying what has been credited to him, something is definitely wrong somewhere with him.
“The Nyako that served in the military was not the one making the present utterances. He was not seen as a northern extremist, but seen as a moderate northerner. With that kind of statement, he has thrown the unity of Nigeria to the dogs,” Raimi maintained.
“He’s expressing the views of his ilk and President Jonathan should take decisive decisions on how to bring the Boko Haram insurgency down and give this country a new image.
“We are already overdue for new things to talk about in the Nigerian polity. If we spend the whole of our time talking about insurgency, when are we going to talk about development? We should be allowed to concentrate on the ongoing national conference, which is the main issue and the rudiment of our existence as a nation,” the PDP chieftain stressed.