[size=14pt]How I would have handled Boko Haram, by Obasanjo[/size]

From Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri


FORMER president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday said if the Boko Haram insurgence had erupted during his term in office, he would have ended the serial killings by adopting what he described as "carrot and stick" approach as he did with the Niger Delta militants.









Obasanjo, spoke on Tuesday in a special Hausa programme of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which was monitored in Maiduguri, Borno State, the home base of the radical Islamic sect.

He said: "What I will do to bring an end to the serial killings and bombings in the northern states, was the adaptation of the carrot and stick approach on the Niger Delta militants, where I invited 35 different leaders of the militants from the region and listened to all their grievances against the Federal Government and their traditional leaders, whom they alleged had been conniving with the latter."

According to Obasanjo, the carrot would include addressing "poverty and unemployment" in the North, while the stick could be in the form of dialogue and "massive intelligence gathering" by the security agents to root out perpetrators of the alleged serial killings and bombings.

Meanwhile, the family of Mohammed Baba Fugu has noted that Obasanjo's statement on the Boko Haram sect and his visit to the late Babakura Fugu on September 15, 2011 have caused more havoc and devastations to their members.

Yakolo Baba Fugu, the younger sister to the late Babakura told the BBC that Obasanjo's alleged statement that he had no regret on the death of her brother was very unfair, inconsiderate and painful to the entire members of the Fugu family.

According to her, the former president's visit created nothing, other than sadness and pains.     "Obasanjo's visit to Maiduguri has no impact on our lives. We thought after his visit to Maiduguri, we would have roof on our heads. But the whole thing has turned out to be a terrible encounter with the former president. Our family members are now in a worsening situation.  Babakura died and left behind 10 children from two wives and all of them are squatting with members of the larger family."

But Obasanjo maintained that his visit to Fugu's family was a fact-finding one on the Boko Haram revolt in Borno State.http://odili.net/news/source/2011/oct/20/1.html

OBJ instructing GEJ on how to handle Boko Haram is like IBB advising Nigerians on how to mid-wive democratic rule. Failure instructing failure.

The version of Boko Haram we have today can be linked to OBJ's refusal to instill the fear of the constitution in the Northern Sharia governors - hence BH is insisting on extending Sharia all over the North. If that worked they will use the same method to insist on the South becoming Sharia states.

Does he also consider his ND policy successful? With the maggot-ridden NDDC? The ND is calm right now only because of GEJ in Aso Rock.

Mark my words. ND militants are re-arming. Unless oil is not worth a dime by 2015 the election of 2015 & winner will see red. Bribery with Aso Rock and a couple of billions can only last so long.

OBJ, the super-monkey. How well did solve the ND problem? By killing everybody in Odi?

boko harem is a product of his failed 8 years adminstration.

htajz:

boko harem is a product of his failed 8 years adminstration.

Actually not, Boko haram is a product of sharia.

He said: "What I will do to bring an end to the serial killings and bombings in the northern states, was the adaptation of the carrot and stick approach on the Niger Delta militants, where I invited 35 different leaders of the militants from the region and listened to all their grievances against the Federal Government and their traditional leaders, whom they alleged had been conniving with the latter."

This is some sort of joke.

The same way he listened to Ekiti state when he forced that bytch on us?

obj the cameloen and coward , how did you handle sharia crises that claimed more than 10,000 lives in kaduna was about to snow ball into a genocide had aba and onitsha people not risen to the task of checkmating the rampaging jihadist.

How did you handle corruption by arrestig kalu ,dariyeand nnamani while leaving big time rogues like bode george , tinubu , ibb, abdusalami .

How did you handle jos , bauch crises that gave birth to bokoharam by declaring state of emergency in plateau and leaving bauchi.

We all remember how the refineries never worked during your tenure and how oil price rose from 70k to naira70.
We remember how you closed business belonging to igbo men (ibeto ,kalu, nwobodo) even when there was acute shortage of jobs.
We remember how during your tenure your friends dangote,adenuga,jimoh ibrahim, and otedola became mega rich and bought over nigeria.
We remember how elections were conducted and won in anambra , ekiti and how governors were impeached with soldiers in bayelsa , plateau and anambra.
We remember the waste of 16 billion dollars on nepa.
We thank you and hope you be alive to reap your harvest.

@kettykin, well done.

A character like Obasanjo is boasting and bragging about Boko Haram because the present administration has directly or indirectly made him relevant.

Animal. What will stop d masses from marching to obj haven and burn him alive with all the spoils of looting?And in the process kick start a revolution where all the nigerian official thieves and traitors are systematically and ruthlessly disposed

@topic

Senile of old man.

How did he solve the ND problem? What grievances do the Boko Haram terrorist have, other than the fact that the want to Islamize nigeria?


Carrot my foot! He should add cabbage, cucumber and what have you. In fact he should give them salad!

I laugh in Obj.

Obasanjo is still alive

PointB:

@topic

Senile of old man.

Very apt!

Ileke-IdI:

Actually not, Boko haram is a product of sharia.

Yeah I agree. The militants problem was also a product of sharia

who introduced six Geo-political region and for what purpose?
who instituted NDDC?
Who gave he SS hope of Presidency (infact what they were not looking for)?
Baba tried in his time, the ss should be grateful to him

Please, the f o o ls on this thread should fk off, Nigerians forget too early

jus hurry up and die jare

daywatcher:

jus hurry up and die jare

To me this Man have a lot of experience more than GEJ. cus remember he was ones a military man so he would have don more better than this present president. But it would have be in a very hard way. because BH are using bomb not guns like de ex-militant.  

we dont need his opinion.he should keep his counsel

kettykin:

obj the cameloen and coward , how did you handle sharia crises that claimed more than 10,000 lives in kaduna was about to snow ball into a genocide had aba and onitsha people not risen to the task of checkmating the rampaging jihadist.

How did you handle corruption by arrestig kalu ,dariyeand nnamani while leaving big time rogues like bode george , tinubu , ibb, abdusalami .

How did you handle jos , bauch crises that gave birth to bokoharam by declaring state of emergency in plateau and leaving bauchi.

We all remember how the refineries never worked during your tenure and how oil price rose from 70k to naira70.
We remember how you closed business belonging to igbo men (ibeto ,kalu, nwobodo) even when there was acute shortage of jobs.
We remember how during your tenure your friends dangote,adenuga,jimoh ibrahim, and otedola became mega rich and bought over nigeria.
We remember how elections were conducted and won in anambra , ekiti and how governors were impeached with soldiers in bayelsa , plateau and anambra.
We remember the waste of 16 billion dollars on nepa.
We thank you and hope you be alive to reap your harvest.

pls there r other factors obj govt. Is not all about obj alone.
We all know how pple from a certain region put him there. They r angry now u pple want to blame obj.
I dont think that's aj right directiom to go.

After witnessing hw Gadafi wuz killed i kinda wish such tins wud happen to d lyks of OBJ, IBB, Buhari

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OBJ, I beg make we hear word. Na today? Your Odi solution abi?

i seem to remember gej blathering about carrot and stick too

or was that what obj told him to say in his earlier letters from ota

What is the difference between Obj and Gaddafi, Is Gaddafi not better than him.

Torch1:

What is the difference between Obj and Gaddafi,  Is Gaddafi not better than him.

Gadafi was bad but he provided all his people could ever need in terms of infrastructure. I cant say same for obj

He would have solved it just like he solved that of zaki biam and odi. OBJ is a failure.We shld stop taking d words of this psycho serious.What happened to d man he visited at maiduguri?killed .remember what he did to asari dokubo.how he was kidnappened after visiting obj? OBJ simply cannot b trusted.

kunle_j:

who introduced six Geo-political region and for what purpose?
who instituted NDDC?
Who gave he SS hope of Presidency (infact what they were not looking for)?
Baba tried in his time, the ss should be grateful to him

Please, the f o o ls on this thread should fk off, Nigerians forget too early

Yes, Obj created the foundations for a more equitable Nigeria. That is something we must never sweep under the carpet, whatever his weaknesses might be, it is a mega achievement that so far is unequaled.

Is obj a failure than ABACHA?

God bless you beaf

to those who are quick to forget, obj (alias baba iyabo) is the hero of our political revolution and it is left for us to sustain it. (i am not convinced most of these clamoring here are affected by the revolution) use-less abokis).
baba, i throw salute

[size=15pt]No doubt OBJ is a Brilliant man but Curruption overtakes reason, so that's why he wouldn't succeed at it if he was given the chance.[/size]