Mr. Dare Ogunlana, a security expert has said that the
various insurgencies in northern Nigeria and Niger Delta have awakened
the government to see the error of their ways; describing the Boko Haram
and MEND groups as a ‘blessing.’
Speaking on Sunrise, he said that President Goodluck Jonathan is
expected to handle the situation of the Boko Haram insurgents
differently because the country is now in the democratic dispensation.
However, he also blamed politicians who “wanted to seize power” for
the making illegal weapons available to thugs; a problem for which
Nigerians are now paying the price.
He described terrorism as a generational struggle stating that it
will continue to exist as long as there is injustice, corruption and bad
governance.
“I made a statement recently that even Boko Haram, MEND is a
blessing. If not for the fact that we have Boko Haram and MEND, our
government will not know that what they are doing (the stealing and
everything underdevelopment), they will not know” they have to do it
right. Mr. Ogunlana said.
He also said that “because of Boko Haram, you can see a lot of almajiri schools… a lot of things are going on” in the North.
He added that “because of MEND and Boko Haram, we have been able to identify that we don’t even have Police.”
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