Has Boko Haram defeated Buhari?
Editor’s note: There is no doubt that Boko Haram insurgents have caused great havoc to Nigeria and her citizens. And one of the cardinal points of campaign by the then opposition party, All Progressive Congress (APC) was to wage a serious war against the insurgents and liberate their captives. This promise was also echoed by the then General Muhammadu Buhari at Chattam House in London in February 2015, where he vowed that he would lead the battle against the dreaded Boko Haram.
In his article, Prof Oyeniran Abioje, the Legit.ng contributor faults the federal government’s claim that Boko Haram has been technically defeated and fight against corruption.
Prof Abioje, is a lecturer at University of Ilorin.
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On January 17, 2017, I had a dream in which the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB), was leading the Nigerian Army in a fierce battle against Boko Haram.
Although I have no doubt that the war against Boko Haram is unjust and an abuse of Nigeria’s presidential powers, I appreciated GMB in that dream for fulfilling the promise he made in London, shortly before his election that he would personally lead the Army against Boko Haram.
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Surprisingly, however, on the third day of my dream, I heard that GMB has been flown to the UK (January 19, 2017). Did he in reality personally lead the Army in a fierce battle against Boko Haram?
How did the fierce battle end? Somebody woke me up before the battle ended, but GMB flying out for rest and medical check-up became significant and led me into a pensive state. You make yourself obdurate against dialogue, appeal for peace and national reconciliation, recommended by Ifa Orunmila, and decided that you desire nothing short of defeating Boko Haram in three months.
In his struggle to defeat Boko Haram, hasn’t GMB squandered human lives and enormous economic resources on the altar of war, international travels, and selling dollars at official price to Christian and Muslim pilgrimage-makers?
The legislators that should check GMB are not less sold to politicisation of Christianity and Islam, and self-aggrandisement in ‘chop-I-chop’ alliance with the GMB presidency that amounts to business as usual from 1999 till date.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is coordinating alliances to overthrow the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019, yet, it has no plan or promise to reorder Nigeria for peace and progress.
The APC has replaced the PDP and continued business as usual, tying the federation to the apron of the sultanate; state and local governments to the aprons of emirates and dioceses, etc., spending public funds on religious festivals, pilgrimages, buildings, and other religious programmes. PDP started the unjust war against Boko Haram, and the APC continues it.
In all the foregoing, in what way is the APC different from the PDP, A to Z? In what way will the upcoming PDP alliances be different from what Nigerians saw from 1999 till date: politicization of Christianity and Islam; war against Boko Haram; unbridled corruption; political disorder and survival of the fittest, etc?
GMB is not fighting corruption but recovering funds looted by the erstwhile PDP rulers of Nigeria, and he has himself not been able to account for the recovered looted funds. Not only has he allied himself with the legislators for self-aggrandisement: hasn’t Boko Haram defeated GMB; and hasn’t GMB ruined Nigeria’s economy by being belligerent northeast, Kaduna south, southeast, Niger Delta, the Shiites, etc.?
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Huge sums of money are discovered and recovered. Yet, Nigeria’s economy is getting worse by the day. So, what is the justification for the war against Boko Haram? And, does Nigeria’s constitution forbid religious schism? Why the official lawlessness?
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