MURIC blames every other person for the rising insecurity in the North except Buhari, the commander-in-chief
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Six years after Goodluck Jonathan left office as Nigeria’s president, Islamic group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), is blaming him for the insecurity in the North.
Jonathan lost re-eletion in 2015, paving the way for Buhari, who rode to power on the promise to crush Boko Haram by leading from the front.
Under Buhari’s watch, kidnappings have become widespread, killings escalated and jihadists spreading their tentacles to about 17 states of the North, instead of the three as of 2015.
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But MURIC, in a statement by it’s Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, MURIC insisted that the current security situation was not the fault of the current administration but that of past leaders, particularly Jonathan, and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
MURIC claims that the Jonathan administration was the real culprit of insecurity in the region and blamed politicians who stole money meant for the purchase of arms for the armed forces as the of the cause problem.
The statement reads: “Today was born from the wombs of yesterday. Little or no effort was made to nip the problem in the bud. The remote causes are the bastardisation of the almajiri system and the proliferation of drug addiction.
“In particular, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan displayed high level aparthy to the problem of Boko Haram insurgency. A glaring example was his self-imposed state of stupor in the first three weeks after the Chibok girls were abducted. Jonathan was in power at that time but his attitude to the Boko Haram insurgency was lukewarm.
“Things were so bad that Nigerian soldiers used to turn their heels at the approach of the insurgents. Had he acted swiftly, the insurgents would have been apprehended but he dilly-dallied and refused to give the order to pursue the abductors until it was too late.
“The way and manner the $2.1billion arms money was shared among party loyalists under the watch of the former president left much to be desired. Had that money been utilized for what it was intended, insecurity in the North would have been brought under control at an early stage.”
MURIC also blamed the Bukola Saraki-led 8th National Assembly for virtually holding the hands of President Buhari and ensuring that there was motion without movement in the first term of his government.
According to MURIC, the Saraki-led assembly had one aim, which was only to frustrate the Buhari administration and ensure that it failed in all efforts.
The Islamic rights group said the region must know, who was responsible for the current insecurity so they can apportion blames appropriately.
