Blame Jonathan for Boko Haram... He Failed in His Job ––Obasanjo

The simmering differences between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan has taken a turn for the worst, with the former leader pointedly blaming Jonathan for the festering crises in most parts of Northern Nigeria following attacks by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

“If the president is the chief security officer of the country and there is a security problem, where do you go for solution? And if that solution is not coming from the chief security officer, who has everybody and can mobilize everybody, inside and outside to get a solution, then he has the responsibility to solve the problem. And nobody else should be blamed but him.”

In a recent interview published in this month’s edition of the pan-African magazine, New Africa, the former president accused Jonathan of mismanaging the security issues engulfing the country.

Obasanjo’s position is coming on the heels of a recent claim by a former minister in the Obasanjo’s cabinet, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili that the two administrations that succeeded his –– Yar’Adua and the present Jonathan’s administration –– squandered $67 billion left in the nation’s foreign reserve by Obasanjo.

You may wish to know that President Jonathan has not visited either Borno or Yobe, both flashpoint states, since the Boko Haram insurgency started. Follow @todaysgist

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