Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has accused the Nigerian government of tactically giving support to terrorist group, Boko Haram.
Besides, the firebrand controversial preacher alleged that the Nigerian Army was deliberately ill equipped so as to give the insurgent group an upper hand in the ongoing terror war in the country.
When asked to justify his positions, Gumi, who spoke with our correspondent in Kaduna, said the intention was to weaken Nigeria, divide the country and give credence to agitators of secession from the South South region.
He said, “Initially, there was a call for a Sovereign National Conference to decide the fate of Nigeria. It was being agitated for by the south and promoted by the government.
Then the government instituted a National Conference which specifically said that the unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.
What was the use of that conference when we have a National Assembly? Then the conference wanted to come out with a draft constitution which Justice Idris Kutigi said he was given the mandate by the president to do so.
The game plan was to give the president powers to continue in office till God knows when. “But the grand plan is for to either continue ruling the north or divide us.
The idea of trying to change the constitution at the National Conference is the political wing of the plot. Undermining the very Army that is supposed to protect Nigeria’s integrity in the fight against the insurgency is the military arm of the plot.
It a winwin situation because if you undermine the military, you are also dividing Nigeria.
They are trying to achieve this goal of dividing Nigeria by even empowering the insurgents! “A White journalist went to Maiduguri and carried out an investigation.
It is on the internet and it’s a must-see for Nigerians. Some members of Civilian JTF gave him over 100 film clips which show a systemic and planned execution of able-bodied young men by the Army. The man said that this cannot be perpetrated without the knowledge of the authorities.
“Soldiers used to come to me to narrate tales of woes about systemic genocide. Can you tell me that those Almajiri’s that were slaughtered as Boko Haram in the film clips are those who are capable of defeating Nigerian Army?
These people are untrained, uneducated and even with a machine gun, can they defeat the Army who are well trained? So, there is more to it than meets the eye.” Gumi, who also alleged that government officials are funding Boko Haram, wondered why the Nigerian satellite could not pick the convoy of the insurgent group and hideouts.
“It is not possible to have a convoy of two or three cars that can’t be picked by satellite. So, how can a convoy of 50 cars with ammunition move into a place without being spotted? Where is the Airforce?
Where is the collaboration in fighting terrorism between Nigeria and the Western powers? Insisting that the military was deliberately ill-equipped, Gumi said there was no justification for this in view of billions of naira spent so far to fight the insurgency.
Recalling the criticism that traced the alarm raised by Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State that Boko Haram was better equipped than the military, he said the governor was justified because President Goodluck Jonathan later sought $1 billion loan to fight insurgency.
“If the insurgents can take a very short time to improve their ammunition stock, how come that a government that can import weapons legally, cannot equip its soldiers? It means that the government is not ready to fight the insurgency.”
Efforts to get the Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications, Dr. Doyin Okupe, to respond to Gumi’s allegations were unsuccessful. He also did not respond to a text message sent to his mobile phone.
Source: New Telegraph
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