North believed President Jonathan was behind Boko Haram – Umar Sani

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umar Sani, has
explained why former President Goodluck Jonathan was unpopular in the North
during the time of his government.

Sani said that most people in the North at the period
believed that Jonathan was behind the Boko Haram insurgency and that he was
using General Ihejirika, former Chief of Army Staff, to create more mayhem in
the region.

The PDP chieftain stated this on Friday while fielding
questions on Arise Television’s Morning Show programme.

Sani said the people only realized and began to see that it
was not the fault of Jonathan when former President Muhammadu Buhari could not
defeat Boko Haram.

He said: “Goodluck Jonathan was initially very unpopular in
the North because of the Boko Haram insurgency. Most northerners believed that
he was behind the Boko Haram insurgency and that he was using General Ihejirika
to create more mayhem in the North.

“But you know, when, on the ascension of Buhari and the lack
of performance of Buhari’s government, the people now began to see that it was
even not the fault of Jonathan, that it was an issue that was even beyond him.
Even Buhari kept on saying Boko Haram was technically defeated, almost
technically, almost about to be defeated. But the thing continued.

“In fact, the incident that broke the camel’s back was when
Bello Turji burnt some people alive in a bus, and the northerners could not
take it, and they said he was incapacitated.”

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