Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has alleged that Boko Haram
\nhas become source of indirect treasury looting; saying Those
\nbenefitting from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scams, payment of
\nransom (in dollars) to free those abducted by the Boko Haram
\ninsurgents, among others will never wish to see the end of the
\ninsurgency.<\/p>\n
The governor described the alleged withdrawal of military check-points
\nfrom Dapchi and other communities, few days before 110 students of
\nGovernment Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) were abducted by
\nBoko Haram, as major pointer to possible conspiracy in the abduction
\nof the school girls and other dastardly acts of the insurgents, asking
\nwhy no one had been questioned up till now despite conflicting claims
\nby the army and police.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Wednesday, by his Special Assistant on Public
\nCommunications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose insisted
\nthat withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account by the
\nfederal government was a continuation of the use of fight against the
\ninsurgents to fleece the country.<\/p>\n
He lamented that Nigerians were now getting to a state of helplessness
\non the insurgency; adding that Painfully, it appears we will have to
\nlive with Boko Haram for a very long time because waiting for this
\nPresident Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to save Nigerians is
\na waste of time. They boasted that Boko Haram will be defeated within
\nthree months; it is now more than 30 months. All that they have told
\nNigerians is grammar. Boko Haram technically defeated, Boko Haram
\ncompletely defeated and now Boko Haram completely degraded. <\/p>\n
The governor said; We have heard stories of alleged diversion of
\nfoods and relief materials meant for the Internally Displaced Persons
\n(IDPs) in the North-East to Chad and Niger Republic, about 200 tons of
\ndates donated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for distribution to the
\nIDPs sold in the open market in Abuja and most importantly, use of the
\nIDPs camps by top government officials to perpetrate monumental fraud.
\nAs long as fight against Boko Haram remains a business venture,
\nproviding cheap money for top officials of this government, the
\ninsurgency will continue.<\/p>\n
The anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International said last
\nyear that corruption in the military was weakening Nigerias efforts
\nto battle Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
In Transparency Internationals words; corrupt military officials
\nhave been able to benefit from the conflict through the creation of
\nfake defense contracts, the proceeds of which are often laundered
\nabroad in the UK, U.S. and elsewhere.<\/p>\n
In its own report, the US Department of States Bureau for
\nCounterterrorism and Countering Violent Extremism said that the
\ninability of security agencies in Nigeria to share intelligence report
\nbecause of animosity is affecting the success in the fight against
\nBoko Haram.<\/p>\n
The public disagreement between the army and police over the security
\narrangements that were in place in Dapchi and other communities in
\nYobe State a few days before the Boko Haram attack that led to the
\nabduction of the 110 girls has further lend credence to the position
\nof the US Department of States Bureau for Counterterrorism and
\nCountering Violent Extremism.<\/p>\n
President Buhari must therefore have to look inward and purge his
\ngovernment of those benefitting from the insurgency is indeed he
\ndesires that it should end.<\/p>\n
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has alleged that Boko Haram has become source of indirect treasury looting; saying Those benefitting from Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) scams, payment of ransom…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n