A former Special Adviser to immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri, has blamed the federal government for the recent disclosure that Boko Haram is luring unsuspecting youths by giving them loans as a bait for membership.
The Army headquarters in a statement on Wednesday alerting Nigerians to the new “clandestine dispensation” of Boko Haram, said the terror group is offering loans to young entrepreneurs in the troubled Northeast as part of recruitment.
In his reaction, Mr. Omokri said the youths were falling prey to this latest antic by Boko Haram because the All Progressives Congress-led federal government had reneged on its electoral promise to pay N5,000 monthly to vulnerable Nigerians.
According to him, if the FG won’t keep to its campaign promise and Nigerians in the Northeast resort to collecting loans from the terrorist sect, “they’ll trust Boko Haram more than govt”.
The former presidential aide expressed these views in a series of tweets posted via his verified Twitter handle @renoomokri.
1-Alas, while government denies its own promise to give poor Nigerians an allowance, they are now collecting #LoansFromBokoHaram.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
2-The best way for govt to stop youths from collecting #LoansFromBokoHaram is to give them loans or fulfill its promise to pay them ₦5k
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
3-If govt wont fulfill its promise to pay vulnerable Nigerians ₦5k and they get #LoansFromBokoHaram, they'll trust Boko Haram more than govt
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
4-It is even strange that a group the President and army claim is 'defeated' is organized enough to give #LoansFromBokoHaram to Nigerians!
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
5-Govt cant afford to give youths in the N. East an impression that Boko Haram cares more about their welfare than govt #LoansFromBokoHaram
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
6-How will youths feel to hear Senators get ₦36 million cars while FG cant fulfill its ₦5k promise, but they can get #LoansFromBokoHaram?
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
7-The President tells youths they cant get forex for education abroad but his own kids can, yet he wants them to reject #LoansFromBokoHaram?
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
8-Its a sad day for Nigerian when youths cant trust govt to keep its promise of ₦5000 but they can put their trust on #LoansFromBokoHaram.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
9-I implore Nigerian youths, no matter how alienated you feel from govt, please resist the urge to collect #LoansFromBokoHaram!
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016
10-Anyone who collects #LoansFromBokoHaram is collecting blood money at the expense of thousands of Nigerians killed by the ungodly sect.
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) April 22, 2016