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| Oludare Ogunlana |
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 local Nigerian Channels TV station program,
Sunrise, he said that President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to handle the
situation of the Boko Haram insurgents differently because the country is now
under a democratic dispensation.
However, he also blamed politicians who “wanted to seize
power” for making illegal weapons available to thugs; a problem for which
Nigerians are now paying the price.
Describing terrorism in Nigeria as a generational struggle,
Ogunlana said that it will continue to exist as long as there is injustice,
corruption and bad governance in the country.
“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, adding that
“because of MEND and Boko Haram, we have been able to identify that we don’t
even have a Police force.
Culled from Africanoutlookonline.com
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