In Abuja, on Wednesday, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar narrated how the then president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo put an end to the Boko Haram insurgency in 2002 when it started.
During a Kogi East Senatorial District stakeholders’ visit led by former Kogi Deputy Governor Simon Achuba, Atiku in a video which he shared on his Facebook, on Thursday, said;
“You remember when the Boko Haram started in Yobe? It was actually in 2002. We were in office. The president sent for me. ‘VP, what do we do about this?’ Then I said, ‘Mr President, let’s call the Service Chiefs and give them a deadline. If they can’t put it down, then they should put down their uniform and go away. We will get some other people.
“And he called the Service Chiefs, I was there, and gave them marching orders, and within a few weeks, they put down the insurgency in Yobe. It never came up again until we left office.”
The former number two citizen of Nigeria went ahead to criticize the administrations after Obasanjo alleging that they only sat at a place and allowed the boko Haram to restart their oppressions.
“So, I will say there’s a lack of political will on the leaders. When they’re killing your citizens, how can you even eat? They’re killing your citizens and you don’t give a damn; that is the greatest irresponsibility by any political leader, anywhere.
“So I hold our leadership responsible for all the insecurity that is going on all over the place,” he said.
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