Boko Haram: Tinubu Fires Back At PDP and Obanikoro

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has faulted the claims of the PDP and the Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, stressing that the allegation by the junior minister that it was him (Tinubu) and his friends in the opposition that created the Boko Haram sect is unreasonable.

Specifically, Tinubu who described the Obanikoro’s allegation as a political Boko Haram, which the PDP was the chief architect, noted that the PDP and the minister were, by the said allegation, establishing grounds for another round of clamping down on the opposition, militarising cities in the country, as well as flouting the democratic rights of citizens with impunity.

The APC leader's statement said, “Obanikoro’s allegation that Tinubu and his friends in the opposition created Boko Haram is both fallacious and untenable. It is the kind of fable that can only come out of the mouth of someone who is delusional; one whose intoxication with power is not in doubt”.

Tinubu, who spoke through his Media Adviser, Sunday Dare, challenged the PDP government to “step forward and explain to Nigerians why the over 200 girls kidnapped in Chibok are yet to be rescued”, adding that “they should explain why the Boko Haram insurgency continues unabated despite billions that is being voted for security."

Tinubu alleged that “the defence budget to fight Boko Haram and terrorism has become a conduit pipe for the ruling party, PDP, just as the likes of Obanikoro continue to use Boko Haram as a tool of blackmail against the opposition. This time, just like it failed in the past, it will not stick. It will not stand”.

Accusing the PDP and Obanikoro of aiding and abetting Boko Haram, Tinubu said it is the PDP government in which Obanikoro is an active and pliable agent that is perpetrating the insurgency for pecuniary benefits.