Obasanjo Created Boko Haram - Gbanite
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- Channels Web
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- Channels Web
- Publication Date:
- 10 January 2013
- Tags:
- Nigeria, Governance, Arms and Military Affairs, Conflict, Peace and Security
Condemning the recent comment made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, criticizing President Goodluck Jonathan's approach on Boko Haram, a security consultant has blamed the former president for the development of the fundamentalist group. Max Gbanite, a strategic security consultant, claimed that allowing the implementation of Sharia Law in some parts of the north during the Mr Obasanjo regime, led to the development of Islamic sect that are now staging insurgency against the Nigerian government.
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