The Peoples Democratic Party, the Campaign for Democracy, the Christian Association of Nigeria and other socio-political groups have cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against declaring victory over Boko Haram.
The party and groups, which also included the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, described the killings in the Southern Kaduna as an embarrassment to the Federal Government.
They urged the President to do more in order to stop the killings in Southern Kaduna and intensify the war against the Boko Haram insurgency.
The national caretaker committee of the PDP said it would be wrong for Buhari to claim victory recorded by the Armed Forces for the takeover of Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram.
The main opposition party insisted that former President Goodluck Jonathan played a pivotal role while in government to defeat the sect.
Spokesperson for the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led committee, Dayo Adeyeye, stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents.
Adeyeye also said the claim by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government on the fall of the forest had yet to be independently verified.
He nevertheless asked Nigerians to refresh their memories on the success he claimed recorded by the regime of Jonathan, which he believed made it possible for elections to hold in almost all the local government areas in the North-East in 2015.
The former minister of state for works said, “The President cannot solely claim responsibility for the success he claimed the Armed Forces recorded in reclaiming Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram.
“This is because the regime of former President Jonathan had done a lot in the war against terror.
“This was why elections were held in almost all the local government areas in Borno State and the entire North-East in 2015.
“Though there has been no independent verification of the claim, the President ought to give kudos to the regime of Jonathan that bought the weapons being used to fight the war.”
Adeyeye added that it would be too early to claim victory over the terror group, saying the killing of a suicide bomber and the arrest of another in Borno State were testimonies that the war was not over yet.
“We are all aware that propaganda is a tool being used by this government to deceive Nigerians. We hope this is also not another one,” he added.
Adeyeye also chided the President on the activities of the herdsmen, saying the group had been named as the fourth terrorist group in the world.
He said if the President was so desirous of ridding the country of terror groups, he should pay serious attention to the menace of the cattle rearers.
The PDP spokesman wondered why the President had been allegedly looking the other way with the daily killings of innocent people in Southern Kaduna and the entire country.
“We should ask the President why he keeps quiet over the activities of the killer herdsmen. What is he doing about it?
“The herdsmen are now the number four terror group in the world. Nigerians should ask the President to act,” he added.
Also, the National Publicity Secretary of the Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, faulted the Federal Government’s claim on the capture of Sambisa Forest.
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