Al-Mustapha blames Nigerians for Sustenance of Boko Haram as FG Continues Talks with Sect Despite Attacks
The former Chief Security Officer to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has said that the war being inflicted by the Boko Haram sect on the country is thriving because some Nigerians are promoting it.
Al-Mustapha said this while addressing the activities of the Al-Mustapha Peace, Unity and Development Initiative, APUDI at a world press conference in Abuja on Monday.
He said: “If you look closely at our environment, I will say because of ignorance from private and public sectors, we have over the years promoted causes of insurgency, some deliberately, some out of greed, some out of selfishness, some out of ignorance. This is a fact but when it comes to apportioning blames, that is another thing entirely and that is what I do not do.
“When a country finds itself in our situation, where damage control measures are of the essence, at that point in time, all agencies should now look very well at their limitations in terms of their primary and secondary assignments and find ways to address the problem.
“Peace and security should not be compromised in any way by any security agency.”
Meanwhile, the Federal Government has maintained that its negotiations with the Boko Haram sect are in progressing although the sect carried out several attack this past weekend.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali expressed hopes that the peace talks initiated by the Chadian President, Idriss Deby, would have good results.
He revealed a splinter group of the sect, and not the group negotiating with the government, might be responsible for the recent abductions and attacks.
