{"id":274856,"date":"2023-06-17T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T15:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=274856"},"modified":"2023-06-17T16:54:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T15:54:52","slug":"obasanjo-what-boko-haram-founders-told-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/06\/17\/obasanjo-what-boko-haram-founders-told-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo: What Boko Haram Founders Told Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed that the Boko Haram terrorist group’s founders told him that poverty and unemployment drove them to join the insurgency in the North-East.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo, who claimed terrorist leaders told him this in the early days of the insurgency, warned on Friday that Nigeria’s over 20 million unschooled children were a breeding ground for more terrorists.<\/p>\n

According to the ex-president, the country will only be saved from more “Boko Haram members of the future” if the government addresses the problem of out-of-school children.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo stated these at the launch of a book titled, \u2018Pillars of Statecraft: Nation-building in a changing world\u2019 authored by his daughter, Dr Kofo Obasanjo-Blackshire, at an event in Lagos, according to Punch.<\/p>\n

In his response to a question by a participant on why government policies had become more political than people-centered in recent times, he said part of the country\u2019s major challenges was looking for scapegoats for its problems.<\/p>\n

He stated, \u201cDuring the early days of Boko Haram, when the man who started the movement was said to have been killed, I said I wanted to meet with the members of the group to talk to them and know what they wanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met with their representatives and found out that they needed nothing but a better life for themselves. Can we blame them for wanting a better life for themselves?<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said they believed in Sharia Law. I told them that Sharia was not a problem in Nigeria. It is part of our constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former president further disclosed that some<\/a> of the members of the insurgent group told him that they went to school but had no jobs.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cDo we blame them if after four years, they have no jobs? Are they not entitled to a livelihood? This boils down to one of the P\u2019s of nation-building \u2013 politics \u2013 which talks about governance and leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf that (leadership) is not properly taken care of, every other thing will go haywire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obasanjo further stated that Nigerians must imbibe the culture of tackling their problems with courage rather than trading blames.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cWe must ask, \u2018What do we do with our people? How do we raise and value them? How do we value them?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have over 20 million out-of-school children. Google how many countries in the world have less than 20 million. That doesn\u2019t worry us? Are you thinking there will be no Boko Haram tomorrow?<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the foundations of your Boko Haram tomorrow. That should be our concern. We should not say it is externally induced. Is poverty also externally induced? Poverty is the conscious, unconscious choice of our leaders. If we say no; it would be no. If we say yes; it would be yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the panel session, which Obasanjo was a part of, the elder statesman highlighted what he termed \u2018The Five P\u2019s of Nation-Building\u201d, which, according to him, are population, prosperity, protection, politics and partnerships.<\/p>\n

Addressing the sixth P \u2013 prayer and pleasing God \u2013 which was introduced by Kofo, and to whether Nigeria fell into a failed, failing, or weak state, he said, \u201cI take the condition of our states now as work-in-progress. We cannot do anything until we have finished the work of statehood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of an episode he had with a former World Bank President when he was Nigeria\u2019s Military Head of State, Obasanjo said the West knew Nigeria\u2019s weaknesses and that when leaders show them the weakness, they exploit it.<\/p>\n

He added, \u201cThere is a level of fragility in every state. No state is perfect, even America. I used to joke with my American friends that God gave them Trump to show that they are humans as well, and we are, more or less, the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that for Nigeria\u2019s democracy to work, the country must learn to manage its diversity, adding that all other forms of government \u2013 autocracy, plutocracy, gerontocracy, and others \u2013 do not really work for a long time.<\/p>\n

Kofo, in her remark, noted that she had embarked on the course based on the advice of her father during a trip in 2017 after expressing a desire to serve others.<\/p>\n

She stated, \u201cAs a young adult, I was incensed at the injustice and persistent corruption I observed in Nigeria. The disparity between the nation\u2019s resources and the living standards of the average Nigerian brought me to my feet in outrage and frustration during conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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