Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said it is taking a long time to crush Boko Haram members because the military, which he alleged had high ranking officers who are corrupt, was also not equipped to deal with terrorists.
Obasanjo spoke on Tuesday night in a panel discussion on ‘Development and Security: Dealing with New Threats’ at the ongoing 2015 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
He, however, expressed confidence that the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari will deal with the Boko Haram insurgency decisively.Obasanjo was quick to add that Boko Haram will not be dealt with using the military alone but the government also has to resolve the issues of underdevelopment and poverty ravaging most part of the Northern region.
According to him, “The military was not adequately equipped to deal with terrorism and there was corruption in the high ranks of the military. I believe Boko Haram will be dealt but it will not be dealt with only by military force because we have to deal with the big problems of underdevelopment and poverty. But if you don’t do that and you keep on hanging those problems, they will be suppressed for a while and it will be a matter of years, then you will begin to have Boko Haram in one form or the other rearing its ugly head again.”
-Thisday
Obasanjo spoke on Tuesday night in a panel discussion on ‘Development and Security: Dealing with New Threats’ at the ongoing 2015 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire.
He, however, expressed confidence that the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari will deal with the Boko Haram insurgency decisively.Obasanjo was quick to add that Boko Haram will not be dealt with using the military alone but the government also has to resolve the issues of underdevelopment and poverty ravaging most part of the Northern region.
According to him, “The military was not adequately equipped to deal with terrorism and there was corruption in the high ranks of the military. I believe Boko Haram will be dealt but it will not be dealt with only by military force because we have to deal with the big problems of underdevelopment and poverty. But if you don’t do that and you keep on hanging those problems, they will be suppressed for a while and it will be a matter of years, then you will begin to have Boko Haram in one form or the other rearing its ugly head again.”
-Thisday
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