Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, on Wednesday alleged that the Boko Haram insurgency plaguing the nation was a creation of friends of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu. He claimed that those friends had vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable for President Goodluck Jonathan. According to reports from Daily Independent, Obanikoro, took to twitter to react to a statement credited to Tinubu accusing him (Obanikoro) of concentrating more on politics than insecurity. He stressed that such allegation against him was rather unfortunate. Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressves Congress (APC), had alleged in the statement that Obanikoro had spent more time in Ekiti than Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in April. According to Tinubu, the action of Obanikoro not only amounted to irresponsible democratic governance, but also a hoax. But Obanikoro reacted angrily to Tinubu’s allegation, saying it was evident that Tinubu was only attacking him for political reasons and not on democratic ideals. “The Boko Haram mess we are dealing with was created by Tinubu’s friends who promised to make Nigeria ungovernable for this government. “Tinubu and politicians like him should devote their time and efforts towards supporting the government in fighting Boko Haram. “I hope Tinubu knows that attacking Obanikoro over Ekiti is crying over spilt milk. We have bigger issues to deal with as a nation,” Obanikoro stated. The minister added that “the government was battling with the security mess created by Tinubu’s friends”, warning that Tinubu and his friends should rather support the government in fighting Boko Haram or hold their peace.
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