The official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cameroun to
discuss joint efforts to curb Boko Haram in the region has thrown up an
indictment of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
A very credible Presidency source told
Daily Sun that in the anti-terror war, Jonathan did not do much in forming a synergy with leaders of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries.
The source said during Buhari’s interaction with his Camerounian
counterpart, Paul Biya, he disclosed that Jonathan isolated himself from
the leaders of Cameroun, Chad and Niger. “The major complaint,
according to Biya, is that Jonathan never or seldom, at best, picked his
calls. He said most times he called, Jonathan neither picked nor
returned his calls. And as a result, the integration of efforts that
should have stopped Boko Haram’s foray and unchallenged run was
lacking.”
Biya, according to our source, said he was sure that leaders of other
neighbouring countries had the same experience, and therefore,
questioned how Nigeria alone would have contained Boko Haram, knowing it
is an international terror group with roots and connections in some
other countries from where they get into Nigeria and carry out attacks.
“This solo handling of the problem did not enable the neighbours put
in much to solve the problem until it got this bad,” he said.
The source also indicated that the Jonathan administration was lax
and reluctant to bring under control people very close to that
government who are flagrantly involved in crude oil theft and diversion.
According to the source, while Jonathan was in power, he was aware
that certain persons close to him and coming under the guise of the
protection of his government were involved in high scale oil theft.
Another source from the security outfit currently interrogating some
key personalities of the past administration disclosed that one of them
that was detained and later released told security agencies the Jonathan
administration was quite privy to crude oil theft using some government
agencies and individuals as fronts.
Daily Sun was told that the administration acted in compromise
while the theft lasted and never did much in checking the agencies,
individuals and security fronts used in the theft.
“There is no individual that would have access to the crude oil
loading terminals, bring in a vessel and load the product and set sail
to the high seas without being caught. We have several agencies of
government from the petroleum corporation to the conventional security
bodies like the Navy and other government bodies that patrol the
territorial waters, even private security outfits.
“So it is practically impossible that someone would beat all these
hurdles unaided and sail out with loads of crude oil. The government was
aware of the people involved and when or where the crude oil was taken.
The neighbouring countries we share common sea boundaries with also
knew that the Nigerian government under Jonathan merely compromised in
the theft,” our source said.
Source -daily sun
