US, TI reports confirm FG’s deceit on Boko Haram----Fayose
*Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State
(Nigeria) Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the
United States “Country Report on Terrorism 2016” and the Transparency International
Report revealing corruption in the military as confirmation of his earlier
position that the Federal Government lied to Nigerians that Boko Haram was
technically defeated.
He said, “With over 120 Nigerians killed by the Boko Haram
insurgents in Borno State last month alone, it is necessary for the federal government
to face the reality that it has a very long walk to victory in the fight
against the insurgents.”
In a statement in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday by the governor’s Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he also
alleged a possible arranged release of some Chibok Girls by the federal
government to divert attention of Nigerians and give the impression that it was
making progress in the fight against the insurgents.
The US Department of State’s Bureau for Counterterrorism and
Countering Violent Extremism had said in the report that the inability of
security agencies in Nigeria to share intelligence report because of animosity
is affecting the success in the fight against Boko Haram.
It went further to accuse the State Security Services, SSS,
of failure to share intelligence report with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, thus making it harder to investigate Boko Haram financing.
“This report by the US government has further lent credence
to earlier revelation by the Transparency International (TI) that despite President
Muhammadu Buhari government’s anti-corruption fight, corruption in the military
is weakening Nigeria’s efforts to battle to battle Boko Haram.
“The report is also a confirmation that the SSS has
abandoned its core responsibility of intelligence gathering and turned itself
into the instrument of political oppression, invading judges residences in the night,”
the governor said.
On how the insurgents can be defeated, Governor Fayose said;
“the first step will be for the federal government to stop lying to Nigerians.
The government must let the people know the situation on ground so that genuine
assistance can be offered. There should also be a periodic change in military
personnel so that officers don't become institutions to themselves.
"As revealed by the TI, fight against Boko Haram has
become a cash cow for some top military officers and corrupt politicians in the
Buhari's government, with the creation of fake defence contracts and laundering
the proceeds often laundered abroad in the UK, U.S. and elsewhere.
"The TI went further to state that the military is left
without vital equipment, insufficiently trained, low in morale
andunder-resourced. The federal
government must therefore address the widespread corruption in the fight
against Boko Haram as revealed by the TI and also see to the welfare of the
military personnel involved in the fight," the governor said.
While reiterating the need for the government to say the
truth always, Governor Fayose said; “the government cannot keep telling the
public that Boko Haram had been decimated and the same Boko Haram was able to kill
over 120 people in just one State in one month.
"Few hours ago, the insurgents invaded a community in
Madagali Local Government in Adamawa State, killing more than 10 people and
sacking the entire community. The truth like I said two days ago is that the
battle is not over yet. In fact, it is raging fiercer than ever before. The
gory killing of the oil workers confirms this. The wanton destruction of lives
and property all over the place by Boko Haram also testifies to this fact.”
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