Gov Kashim Shettima
Adebiyi Adedapoa in Abuja
The Northern Alternative Forum (NAF) has berated Governor Kassim Shettima of Borno State over his repeated comments blaming the federal government for the deteriorating security situation in the North-east, particularly the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by the terrorist group, Boko-Haram.
Adebiyi Adedapoa in Abuja
The Northern Alternative Forum (NAF) has berated Governor Kassim Shettima of Borno State over his repeated comments blaming the federal government for the deteriorating security situation in the North-east, particularly the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls by the terrorist group, Boko-Haram.
The National Chairman of the group, Alhaji Gidado Ibrahim, at a press
briefing yesterday in Abuja noted that the governor had consistently
made the ongoing military operation in the North-east a subject of
self-exoneration of responsibility, adding that the failure of some past
northern politicians led to the emergence of insurgency.
He stated that the federal government had no hand in the emergence of
Boko-Haram and should not be held responsible for the social condition
which had fuelled insurgency in the region.
“The attention of Northern Alternative Forum has been drawn to an
interview granted by Governor Kashim Shettima on CNN, where the governor
in continuation of his campaign of blackmail and distraction against
security operatives in the North-east, blamed the federal government for
the abduction of the schoolgirls in Chibok. We in the North know that
the federal government has no hand whatsoever in the emergence of
Boko-Haram,” Gidado said.
He added that the illiteracy and poverty level in the region which
resulted to the emergence of Boko Haram was an indication of the kind of
leadership provided by northern politicians over the years.
“Every sincere northerner knows that the failures, actions and
inactions of the governor and government of Borno State led to the rise
of terrorism and BokoHaram insurgency. Not only did the government of
Borno State fritter away their huge resources on self-aggrandisement
and investment in violent politics but also produced the monster that
is now confronting the whole northern region,” he said.
According to Gidado, contrary to Shettima’s position that the federal government didn’t not listen to the advice of the state government three years ago, some governors and politicians in the zone had turned down several decisions of the federal government to begin security operations against Boko Haram.
He noted that the same set of politicians gathered in Abuja to demand the withdrawal of security operatives in the Borno and Yobe States.
According to Gidado, contrary to Shettima’s position that the federal government didn’t not listen to the advice of the state government three years ago, some governors and politicians in the zone had turned down several decisions of the federal government to begin security operations against Boko Haram.
He noted that the same set of politicians gathered in Abuja to demand the withdrawal of security operatives in the Borno and Yobe States.
Gidado also commended the federal government for the extension of
the state of emergency in the North-eastern states of Adamawa, Borno
and Yobe, saying it had succeeded in restoring social economic
activities in some of the affected states.
“While the federal government and the international community are
engaged in the search for our unfortunate sisters and daughters, we can
confirm to the world that without the state of emergency, perhaps by
now, the states would have been ghost towns,” he stated.
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