In a statement released last night through his media aide, Tinubu refuted the allegations, saying it is the PDP and Obanikoro that are aiding Boko Haram. Find his statement after the cut...
"The defence budget to fight Boko Haram and terrorism
has become a conduit pipe for the ruling party PDP just
as the likes of Obanikoro continue to use Boko Haram
as a tool of blackmail against the opposition. This time ,
just like it failed in the past, it will not stick. It will not
stand. It is the PDP-led government in which Obanikoro
is an active and pliable agent that is perpetrating the
insurgency for pecuniary benefits. This government has
no shame. It lacks the moral authority to point fingers
at individuals or the opposition. The country is literally
on tenterhooks and all the PDP can do is lie to Nigerians
in order to cover up its failures.
"Obanikoro's allegation that Tinubu and his friends in
the opposition created Boko Haram is both fallacious
and untenable. It is the kind of fable that can only
come out of the mouth of someone who is delusional.
One whose intoxication with power is not in doubt. This
allegation is both unreasonable and unsustainable, but
not surprising coming from the person it came from.
Bola Tinubu and the APC have been on record
repeatedly condemning killings and bombings by Boko
Haram and proffering solutions to the menace.
"The PDP is preparing the grounds for its next round of
hounding opposition leaders, militarising our cities and
violating the democratic rights of Nigerians to move
freely. This is political Boko Haram of which the PDP is
the Chief Architect.
"In Ekiti, we saw a dress rehearsal of the impunity and
near brigandage of this government and its agents.
Nigerians are urged to be vigilant before a few
desperate persons steal our voices, our rights, our
liberties and freedoms."
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