Obasanjo allowed Boko Haram to grow – Buruji Kashamu

Hehehe....A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Chairman, Organization and Mobilization Committee of the party in the South West, Prince Buruji Kashamu, yesterday, said the wave of insurgency being witnessed in the North Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States started during the administration of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo.
Kashamu, an ex-Obasanjo close associate, disclosed this in a statement he released yesterday.
According to him, Obasanjo looked away when he should have nipped insurgency in the bud few years ago when he downplayed the issue of Sharia law implementation.
He described Obasanjo’s statement on President Goodluck Jonathan’s performance as “self-serving, unjustifiable and totally unwarranted”.
He said, contrary to Obasanjo’s claims, Jonathan has performed above average and deserves a second term.
The statement reads in part: “It is utterly nauseating how he catches on the slightest opportunity to publicly cast aspersion on President Jonathan, with the intent of inciting the people against the President and swaying public opinion against him.
“If this occasional outburst is how he wants to regain his lost political relevance in the South West, then it would be counterproductive. We thank God that since he turned his back on the PDP, the party has been repositioned and we have been winning elections fair and square.
“It is high time Obasanjo is reminded that he is not the only former leader in this country. If he is not content with tending to his chicken and farm, at his age and level, he should commit himself to courses that would outlive him.
“He should be told to shed off the implacably cantankerous image that he has cut for himself and take on a more ennobling character trait. After all, the Yoruba would say “T’eyan ba dagba, o ma yogun ja ni (an aged person stops going to the battle field).
“Obasanjo should have nipped Boko Haram in the bud when he was the President but he looked away and down played it when some Northern states adopted the Sharia criminal codes saying it was “political sharia”, now, Boko Haram says it is fighting to have country governed with the same Sharia criminal codes…”
According to Kashamu, the Jonathan administration has achieved so much despite the security challenges facing the nation. He said the present administration has set Nigeria in the right direction, making her to be one of the 26th largest economy in the world and the largest in Africa, with half a trillion naira Gross Domestic Product (GDP).