Yola – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar took a complete swipe of
past administrations in handling the insurgent Boko Haram, saying that
if he were the Nigerian leader then, the Boko Haram would not have
reared its ugly head in the country. Atiku Abubakar spoke Tuesday night
at the American University of Nigeria AUN Yola while distributing relief
materials to over 5,000 internally Displaced persons, IDPs. “If I were
the President of Nigeria when Boko Haram erupted, I could have used all
means at my disposal to avert it”. ATIKU “When we were in government in
2002, a similar incident which should have been more deadly erupted in
Yobe state and we immediately contained it and nothing was heard of it
again”. “Such an ugly incident requires a steadfast leadership that is
decisive in its deeds in dealing with it”, the former vice President
stated. ‘For Boko Haram insurgents to have overran 7 of the 21 local
governments of Adamawa State beats my imagination, and the efforts I put
in place that prevented Boko Haram from capturing the entire state is
left between me and my creator”, he added. ‘I don’t even know my father
very well. But, it does not prevent me from becoming what I am today. As
an orphan, I will continue to identify with the less privileged ones in
the society in the rest part of my life”, Atiku declared. “As I clock
70 years this year, all my activities will be dedicated to the cause of
the Internally Displaced Persons, not only Adamawa, but in Borno, Yobe
and other IDPs camps spread across the country”, he maintained. The
former Vice President implored all his admirers who wish to identify
with him as part of his 70th Birthday to channel them to the IDPs. He
commended the Adamawa Peace Initiative for championing the cause of the
less privileged in the society, stressing that when the initiative was
conceived and put together, the organizers never envisaged the eruption
of Boko Haram insurgency, adding that the organization has now assumed
the major focal point in reaching the displaced persons in the society.
Alhaji Atiku Abubakar along with members of the Adamawa Initiative had
earlier visited the St. Theresa Catholic Cathedral and the Jama’atul
Nasir Islam JNI where they distributed relief materials to the IDPs
there. On the present economic recession in the country, the former vice
president absorbed the APC led federal government of any wrong doing,
blaming the recession on the fall of the oil price in the international
market. Atiku Abubakar advised Nigerians to diversify as a way out of
the recession Earlier, the President of the American University of
Nigeria, AUN lauded the Atiku Abubakar for identifying with IDPs and
urged other well – to – do to emulate him.
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