Jonathan Was Not Committed To The Efforts To Fight Boko Haram – Governor Shettima

Borno state governor, Kashim Shettima has revealed that ex-President Goodluck Jonathan wasn’t committed to ending insurgency in the North East.

Shettima lamented that Jonathan was not committed to the efforts to fight Boko Haram, adding that the former president only initiated one meeting out of 13 meetings with him concerning the issue

Shettima made the revelation in a book titled, ‘Against the Run of Play,’ written by the chairman, editorial board of Thisday newspapers, Olusegun Adeniyi.

Jonathan with Governor Shettima and the Shehu of Borno, during one of his visits to Borno state

His words: “All the others were at my seeking appointments to see him and on some occasions, it took several weeks for such requests to be granted.

“There was a belief around President Jonathan that the whole Boko Haram crisis was orchestrated to undermine him and his administration and because of that, there was no interest in resolving the problem.”

The governor alleged that Jonathan ‘marked’ him for pushing for the meetings and allegedly planned to remove him and the two other governors in the North-East.

Shettima said: “He particularly wanted to remove me….I heard that his Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, said there was nowhere in the constitution where the president had the power to remove a governor.

“In fact, I was told that President Jonathan reportedly interjected by asking, ‘How come President Obasanjo removed Governor Joshua Dariye?’ to which he was reminded that the Dariye aberration had been declared illegal by the Supreme Court.”

File photo of Boko Haram insurgents attacking a community in Borno state

 

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