Boko Haram: Security Agents Under Investigation, Govt to recruit, train more personnel – President Jonathan
By: Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has said some security agents in his government are currently under investigation for their involvement in Boko Haram. President disclosed this on Sunday while answering questions during his Presidential’s chat about his alleged statement that Boko Haram had infiltrated his cabinet. Mr President said to the question which was tweeted to him by one Olarenwaju Smart: “I never said that Boko Haram has infiltrated my cabinet,” the president replied. “I used the word government.” He thereafter said, some security agents in his government are currently under investigation for involvement in Boko Haram. On the question about the power sector, Mr president admits the power reforms are not moving as fast as expected but says the country will never go back to the days when it was producing just 2000 MW of electricity and revealed that the first problem he had was gas [for generation] and then distribution. On the issue of corruption and the Missing billion asked by Bashiru Saad Abdulahi of the BBC World Service. The president argued that it is impossible to steal billion in Nigeria. “If anybody steals billion, I am telling you, we will know… billion now in this country, we will celebrate it,”. When asked about Boko Haram activities in the country, President Jonathan said the country is discussing with U.S., France, Uk and China to help tackle the terrorism in Nigeria. He revealed that, he had personal discussions with Barrack Obama of the U.S where he requested for assistance to tackle Boko Haram. On state of emergency in states where Boko Haram is using as base, Mr president while defending the action said that, without the state of emergency, security operatives in affected states may be frustrated. “Terrorism is not a phenomenon a six months or one year State of Emergency can solve. “Were are receiving an unfair share of the global terror,” the president said while trying to blame external [foreign] forces targeting the destruction of Africa’s largest economy [Nigeria]. He argues that because of Nigeria’s size and economy, many world forces are interested in its downfall. On the capability of Nigeria’s security agents to respond to the increasing security challenges in Nigeria, the president said they were “capable” and revealed that he had reached a decision to recruit more and train them well.
