2015 Will Be Worse Than 2011 Elections:Jonathan, Buhari Must Sign MOU - Akinyemi

“The violence of 2015 is going to be horrendous and worse than the one of 2011 for the simple reason that the illegal massive importation of weapons into the country has reached such alarming proportions that I really wonder which is better armed, the militias on one hand or the official armed forces on the other hand. “For the avoidance of doubt, I am not imputing the illegal importation of arms to any particular zone.
Some years ago, some Iranians were arrested for bringing in a shipload of weapons into Lagos harbour. They were tried and jailed and then smuggled out of the country. Some months ago, sophisticated weapons were discovered buried in the basement of a Kano house. All these have now fallen below the radar.
These are the ones we know about. How many do we not know about? “There are states and movements out there, African and non-African, which do not mean well for the Nigerian state, which wish Nigeria to dissolve into a theatre of bloodshed, gore and instability.
They will succeed if we continue the politics of making enemies of ourselves and friends of our enemies.” Hundreds of people died while several properties were destroyed in the North following the declaration of President Jonathan as the winner of the 2011 presidential election. Buhari, the candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), lost the election. Akinyemi stated that Nigeria is back at the crossroads more precarious and dangerous than the 2011.

“Now we are back at the same crossroads again, except this time is more precarious and dangerous than the last time. Firstly, we have this very notorious prediction from United States semi-official sources that the world is expecting a cataclysmic meltdown of the Nigerian nation come 2015. Of course, most Nigerians have taken umbrage at this prediction for their country. But there are Nigerians who are indifferent to the outcome of this prediction. “Secondly, the certainty of violence after the 2015 elections is higher than it was in 2011.
If President Jonathan wins, the North would erupt into violence as it did in 2011. If General Buhari wins, the Niger Delta will erupt into violence. I don’t believe that we need rocket science to make this prediction.” Akinyemi said similar situation arose in the build up to the 2011 elections. According to him, “Shortly after his appointment as National Security Adviser, General Patrick Aziza… I was sure that there would be violence on a massive scale and I made some suggestions to him about how I thought the violence could be contained. My suggestions were not acted upon. The elections occurred, President Jonathan won and all hell broke loose. Missing were the conflict-controlled measures which I had discussed with General Aziza.”