Boko Haram Was Created By Power Hungry Politicians, Says ACF Chieftain

boko haramA chieftain of Arewa Consultative Forum and delegate in the just concluded National Conference, AVM Mukhtar Mohammed (rtd), has attributed the Boko Haram insurgency and other security challenges bedeviling the nation to the actions of desperate politicians, who want to hold on to power in the country at all cost.

He stated this on Thursday during a conference of the Arewa Research & Development Project held in Kaduna.

According to Mohammed, the Boko Haram crisis festered so long because those who are at the helms of affairs lacked political will to tackle and nip the problem in the bud at inception but it has turn to “a monster which will consume even the creators themselves if care is not taken”, he warned.

He also added it was time for the North to think upright and go back to the region they received from their founding fathers in order to salvage it from numerous problems of insecurity and poverty.

“We have to come to our senses and know that our enemies thrive on our disunity and we can only stop them if we unite as a people for the benefit of our region and our country.

“The recent happening in the National Conference where some groups try to smuggle in a new constitution which would have upturned the political landscape of the country is an example. Those of us in the conference know that at no time have we mandated any group to draft any new constitution for the country.

“The leaders of the northern delegates at the confab rose up and mobilize the delegates who spoke in one voice and disassociate ourselves from the new drafted constitution. As I am talking to you, I just receive breaking news from the confab center that the leadership of the confab has seen reason and has treated the drafted constitution as rubbish.

“This shows that when we are united as a people, we can go a long way to fight for our right”, he said.