Lawan made a similar accusation about two weeks ago at a campaign rally in Yobe when he blasted PDP for allegedly allowing Boko Haram insurgency to fester while it was in power.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Monday accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of abandoning the people in the northeast to Boko Haram insurgency while the party was in power.
Speaking at the campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi which President Muhammadu Buhari attended, Lawan said it was not until Buhari came into power that the region was eventually liberated from the clutches of Boko Haram.
The Senate President thanked President Buhari for the many benefits which the northeast enjoyed from his government.
He said: “Mr President, the PDP abandoned the northeast to Boko Haram, to insurgency. PDP abandoned us until you came into office. In 2015, when you were sworn in, your first task was to liberate us. Thank you very much that you did.
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“Mr President, we in the northeast are probably the most beneficiaries of your administration. In fact, we were the first to start enjoying your administration more than any other part of Nigeria because BoKo Haram was technically defeated immediately you came into office and you appointed our son Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai and of course Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff.
“They did so well that your government gave the security that we are enjoying today. The northeast, from 2015 particularly, enjoyed the most important appointments in your administration. That is to say that you are a northeasterner. This crowd is a testimony. Everywhere you go is Buhari, in the northeast.”
Lawan made a similar accusation about two weeks ago at a campaign rally in Yobe when he blasted PDP for allegedly allowing Boko Haram insurgency to fester while it was in power.
He criticised PDP for denying the existence of Boko Haram instead of curbing the menace.
