By Tosin Olatokunbo
The weekend massacre of over 100 farmers in Borno state by Boko Haram terrorists has drawn the anger of Junaid Mohammed, a prominent northerner and ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, who said the killings will persist under the regime.
“As long as this same Buhari, this government and party (APC) are in power, Nigeria will never know peace because clearly, the task of governing Nigeria is beyond him. He cannot do it,’ Mohammed said in his response to the massacre of dozens of farmers.
Anger has trailed Boko Haram’s killings of dozens of farmers with many Nigerians calling on the president to sack overhaul the security arrangement in the country. Others have demanded an outright sack of the Service Chiefs.
Mohammed, an ardent Buhari critic, while reacting to the killing, told Vanguard that the worsening insecurity in the country will persist as long as President Buhari is in power.
According to the former lecturer, Nigerians are tired of the regime, particularly its failure to rein in terrorists who have been killing innocent Nigerians in the North East.
He said the North-west has also been taken over by armed bandits and kidnappers where the criminals have free reign.
President Buhari has however, expressed shock over the killing but, Mohammed said that’s not enough and “any attempt by Buhari, this lousy government to pretend that they were shocked,” cannot bring back those that were killed by the vicious terrorists.
Junaid said “All is happening because there is no governance in the country. As long as this same Buhari, this government and party(APC) are in power, Nigeria will never know peace because clearly, the task of governing Nigeria is beyond him. He cannot do it.
“He has failed woefully. Because of the hypocritical nature of Nigeria, tribal, sectional and religious politics, everybody is pretending so that Buhari will be seen to be doing something.
“He’s doing nothing. He cannot do anything. And any attempt to prolong his tenure indefinitely will only leave Nigeria into more and more nightmare.
“The number reported by the international media (43 people) is not true because it runs into hundreds. The identity of people killed is not also clear and the number is more than 43; some were abducted and missing.”
Junaid accused the military of complicity in the Borno killing, noting that the service chiefs have overstayed in their stay, even though the president has repeatedly refused calls by many Nigerians to replace them.
According to him “The technical service chiefs don’t know anything about the area. Everybody is more concerned about getting money from the government.
“So if Nigerians are serious and want to salvage the country, they should do something or shut up because this man cannot govern. After six years, we have seen how he is able to govern.
“His government is nothing but misgovernment, corruption and nepotism. Let us stop deceiving ourselves.This could not have happened without any intervention from the armed forces who are supposed to be operating in that area. Where are they?”
He said more is expected from the military commanders after huge funds have been allocated to defence since Buhari came into office.
“We only know we have an army when the time comes for Buhari to promote them. Six years in power and every year, he promoted generals and officers.The latest was six. And the billions of spent on the army can buy a Nation that is already in recession.”
