“Boko Haram Is Now Way Beyond The Capacity Of The Federal Government” – Obasanjo 48

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made it known that the FG has no power to curb or halt the activities of terrorist group Boko Haram anymore.

Obasanjo stated this while speaking at the second session of the Seventh Synod of the Anglican Communion, Oleh Diocese, in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The former president called for collaborations among several African governments in tackling terrorism.

“Intelligence was poor and governments embarked on games of denials while paying ransoms which strengthened the insurgents and yet governments denied payment of ransoms. Today, the security issue has gone beyond the wit and capacity of Nigerian government or even West African governments,” he stated.

Speaking on Boko Haram and Herdsmen acts of violence, Obasanjo lamented over the fact that both were not taken seriously from the beginning.

“They have both incubated and developed beyond what Nigeria can handle alone. They are now combined and internationalised with ISIS in control. It is no longer an issue of lack of education and lack of employment for our youth in Nigeria which it began as, it is now West African fulanisation, African islamisation and global organised crimes of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, illegal mining and regime change,” Obasanjo said.

“soldiers were poorly trained for the unusual mission, poorly equipped, poorly motivated, poorly led and made to engage in propaganda rather than achieving results.”

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