Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has alleged that the war against Boko Haram has become a business venture and source of indirect treasury looting to some people within and outside the presidency.
This came as the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, condemned the abduction of female students of the Government Science and Technical College Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State by Boko Haram insurgents. Fayose said: “Those benefiting from Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, scams, and payment of ransom (in dollars) to free those abducted by the Boko Haram Insurgents, among others, will never wish to see the end of the insurgency.” The Governor, who queried the inability of the military to prevent the abduction of the 110 Dapchi school girls by the insurgents, described the alleged withdrawal of military check-points from Dapchi and other communities, few days before the attack as major pointer to possible conspiracy in the whole saga.
In a statement, yesterday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose insisted that withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account by the federal government was a continuation of the use of fight against the insurgents to fleece the country. He lamented that Nigerians were now getting to a state of helplessness on the insurgency, adding that “Painfully, it appears we will have to live with Boko Haram for a very long time because waiting for this President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to save Nigerians is a waste of time. They boasted that Boko Haram will be defeated within three months; it is now more than 30 months. All that they have told Nigerians is grammar. Boko Haram technically defeated, Boko Haram completely defeated and now Boko Haram completely degraded.”