Naj’atu Muhammad, a former senator from Kano state, says the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan spent a total of N2 billion daily on security. .
Muhammad, who was in the first female senator from Kano, said despite the expenses, the insurgents continued their attacks unabated. .
She said this on Saturday at the 2nd annual Chibok girls lecture organised by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, held in Abuja. .
Muhammad blamed the “irresponsibility of the political and military elite” in Nigeria as the root cause for the continued Boko Haram insurgency. .
She alleged that one of the “root causes” of Boko Haram is Ali Modu Sheriff, a former governor of Borno state. “We all know what started Boko Haram. It was started in Borno by the then governor, Ali Sherrif. .
He armed them as his political thugs,” she said. “He even made one of them a commissioner but they became too powerful. The military came in and turned the north-east into cash cow; military jumbo budgets unaccounted for. .
I remember Jonathan was spending N2 billion every day on security but there was no security.” She said the army “more than anything else has contributed to this terrorism.” . According to her, “terrorism has become a multi-billion dollar industry.” “I have been part of a committee that investigated the atrocities of Boko Haram and the committee more than anything has indicted the military,” she said. .
“There is no house in Borno that the military has not either killed or Raped anyone in it. .
The former senator also said Nigeria currently “has no government” because “the primary responsibility of any government is to secure the territorial integrity of the country and the lives of the citizens — something the government has failed to do.” .
“As for our military, we are demanding a thorough overhaul of it. Anything short of this is to say our government are beneficiaries of the failure,” she added.
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Posted: at 15-04-2018 11:16 AM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
2billion × 365days which is one year × 6years.. people just dey cap carelessly. APC has ruined nigeria. Stupid people. Running the country 30/70 not even 50/50. Set aside buhari no other past administration has gone that low.. the truth is bitter and very bitter.
Posted: at 15-04-2018 03:36 PM (7 years ago) | Hero