Boko Haram: Cameroon Indicts Jonathan
The official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cameroun to discuss joint
efforts to curb Boko Haram in the region has thrown up an indictment of former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
A very credible Presidency source told Daily Sun that in the anti-terror war,
Jonathan did not do much in forming a synergy with leaders of Nigeria’s
neighbouring countries.
The source said during Buhari’s interaction with his Camerounian counterpart,
Paul Biya, he disclosed that Jonathan isolated himself from the leaders of
Cameroun, Chad and Niger. “The major complaint, according to Biya, is that
Jonathan never or seldom, at best, picked his calls. He said most times he
called, Jonathan neither picked nor returned his calls. And as a result, the
integration of efforts that should have stopped Boko Haram’s foray and
unchallenged run was lacking.”
Biya, according to our source, said he was sure that leaders of other
neighbouring countries had the same experience, and therefore, questioned how
Nigeria alone would have contained Boko Haram, knowing it is an international
terror group with roots and connections in some other countries from where
they get into Nigeria and carry out attacks.
“This solo handling of the problem did not enable the neighbours put in much
to solve the problem until it got this bad,” he said.
The source also indicated that the Jonathan administration was lax and
reluctant to bring under control people very close to that government who are
flagrantly involved in crude oil theft and diversion.
According to the source, while Jonathan was in power, he was aware that
certain persons close to him and coming under the guise of the protection of
his government were involved in high scale oil theft.
Another source from the security outfit currently interrogating some key
personalities of the past administration disclosed that one of them that was
detained and later released told security agencies the Jonathan administration
was quite privy to crude oil theft using some government agencies and
individuals as fronts.
Daily Sun was told that the administration acted in compromise while the theft
lasted and never did much in checking the agencies, individuals and security
fronts used in the theft.
“There is no individual that would have access to the crude oil loading
terminals, bring in a vessel and load the product and set sail to the high
seas without being caught. We have several agencies of government from the
petroleum corporation to the conventional security bodies like the Navy and
other government bodies that patrol the territorial waters, even private
security outfits.
“So it is practically impossible that someone would beat all these hurdles
unaided and sail out with loads of crude oil. The government was aware of the
people involved and when or where the crude oil was taken. The neighbouring
countries we share common sea boundaries with also knew that the Nigerian
government under Jonathan merely compromised in the theft,” our source said.
Source: The Sun
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