Nigeria: Book Launch - Niger-Delta Amnesty Influenced Boko Haram - Obasanjo

10 December 2014

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday stated that Niger Delta amnesty programme influenced insurgency in the north east, describing the programme is a failure.

Obasanjo also stated that Jonathan's administration's approach to curbing the activities of the militants "had taken the form of throwing money at the problem, particularly stuffing the pockets and bank of the militants' leadership with obscene cash in reckless and unsustainable manner."

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