Goodluck
Jonathan was
Acting as
president of
Nigeria, in
October 2010
shortly before
the
Presidential
elections,
there was a
large bomb
blast during independence celebrations in Abuja.
Immediately after the attack, before an
investigation was ever conducted by Nigeria's
security services, the President suddenly
categorically exonerated MEND terrorists of
involvement. This was a SERIOUS and dangerous
submission, within hours after a bomb attack and
before any evidence could have been fully
investigated. This suggested prior knowledge of
the attack and prompted questions of why if it was
known by the President, the people were not
protected and given advanced warning. Jonathan
blamed northern elements for this bombing,
seeking to utilize it to his advantage for political
gains. The bombing appeared to 'favor' him.
Nigeria was given its second shock shortly after
this terror blast when MEND terrorist, Henry Okah
submitted that the then Acting President of
Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan ordered the
Abuja bomb blast 'to lay blame on his political
adversaries, in hope of tarnishing them and
securing his victory.' This was a powerful
accusation, most especially since the relationships
of Goodluck Jonathan with Niger Delta militants
who were engaged in similar acts of terrorism had
been clearly established. Terror which had been
significantly quelled by the Yar'Adua regime, with
his NSA Sarki Mukhtar, was returning to Nigeria as
a political instrument.
The above were not the first linkages of the
President of Nigeria with terrorism. During his rule
as governor of Bayelsa, a post that fell on his lap
with the arrest and prosecution of the corrupt
governor he had served as deputy to, Alamesigha,
Goodluck Jonathan was noted to not only be rabidly
corrupt, but also to finance militant terrorists as
detailed in Wikileaks US intelligence cables among
other sources.
From the
start to date
of the
Goodluck
Jonathan
regime, it has
been marked
by
continuous,
unabating terror and deaths. Terror has returned to
the creeks, with high sea piracy, kidnapping and
episodes of pipe-line vandalism and sabotage. The
north east and entire north and middle belt of the
nation has been riddled by intractable extremist
terrorism. Terrorists have operated with impunity,
battles have been bloody, unabated and chronic
between Fulani herdsmen and farmers. Nigeria is
practically becoming a free war zone where anyone
can possess any grade of deadly weaponry.
Hundreds of thousands have been displaced and
the nation has become torn up in religious and
tribal, political inspired fracas.
The question can no longer be avoided. Is the rising
state of anarchy and free terrorism in Nigeria an
accident or the result of the nation being under
terrorist rule; by which terror will be officially
endorsed and sired on the nation with government
assistance?
On March 9th, 2011, the President of Nigeria
announced that he knew the sponsors of terror and
he has given the order for them to be apprehended.
This never happened. Terrorist sponsors remain to
date, protected by the President.
In April of 2012, the then NSA Andrew Owoye Azazi
made a compelling submission that internal
workings of the President's political party were
responsible for Boko Haram terrorism. He was fired
not long after and died of a helicopter explosion
under very mysterious conditions December
15th of the same year.
In a publication in the Punch of May 16th, 2012, the
chairman of the ruling PDP party, Bamanga Tukur
said, "Boko Haram is fighting for justice; Boko
Haram is another name for justice." The president
of Nigeria fought to keep him as the chairman of
the party for another 2 years, finally letting go, only
to immediately re-appoint this terror suspect as the
chairman of Nigeria's railway corp.
As published in PremiumTimes of April 28, 2013.
A White paper report chaired by Interior Minister
Abba Moro indicted several prominent Borno
politicians in the metamorphosis of Boko Haram
from its 'Ecomog' baby. President Jonathan
'directed' his NSA Dasuki to act on this paper.
Today, after thousands more deaths, the nation is
still terrorized, innocent poor are dying and not a
single sponsor of terror has been brought to book,
rather they are embraced and funded in political
evil desperation.
In July of 2013, to the shock of most Nigerians and
in what has been described as political motivated
betrayal of the nation, Hamza Al-Mustapha,
charged with the murder of Kudirat Abiola among
other crimes, was released from prison under the
Jonathan regime. This terrorist was embraced by
the president and flown around the nation as part
of an executive presidential campaign team and
think-tank.
Unrepentant terrorists like Mujahid Dokubo Asari
and Tompolo are part of the president of Nigeria's
inner circle. Billions of naira is given to these
agents to 'secure' the Niger Delta that is today in
such a state of insecurity, even the President's
adopted father is not safe from the terror reign.
Note- By not signing the amnesty agreement,
these persons are still active terrorists engaged in
terrorism against the state.
Linked to Boko Haram and also to a Hezbollah arms
cache discovered in Kano, serial coupist NSA Aliyu
Mohammed Gusau was astonishingly appointed by
the President of Nigeria to head the nations
defense ministry… also for cheap political
assistance. Mohammed Gusau is a remnant of
Nigeria's worst regime, the Babangida-Abacha
dictatorships. He is also a three-time NSA and the
NSA under whose watch MEND terror and Boko
Haram comfortably came into being, unchecked
and unabated. Gusau has also been described as a
foreign spy in Nigeria. All of these security risks
were attractive tot he President who begged and
bowed to private conditions to get this retired
soldier into his government.
This February, a sudden attack of Boko Haram at a
school in Yobe, killing 59 students and concurrent
attacks in Borno, as well as earlier attacks have
again been found to coincide with pressing matters
of government incompetency that threaten the
Jonathan regime. The reports of sudden withdrawal
of troops ahead of the attacks raised suspicion of
government hand in the attacks. With the Reno
Omokri–Wendel Simlin "Sanusi-Boko Haram Saga
document,' a possible motive was suddenly
revealed.
If the Presidents circle can cook up such a
treacherous plan to take advantage of recent Boko
Haram carnage to tarnish the image of their
current worst 'adversary,' is it too far to ask
whether they could have gone as far as setting up/
staging the attack to utilize for a diversion and to
slander the person of the CBN governor? These are
questions Nigerians are asking today. There are
several more cases of political terrorism that are
coincident with political meanderings of the current
regime. Eg, the March 18th bombing of a bus-stop
at Sabon Gari, Kano, which coincided with the APC
merger and registration battle.
If this government is not responsible for these
political attacks, the onus is on them to either
apprehend those who are or to resign in the
interest of life of the citizens and progress of the
nation.
Finally, the case of the missing billions of dollars,
which is estimated as between $56.4 billion and
$127 billion over the four years of the Jonathan
administration is a great global security concern.
Where is this money? This money could have been
utilized for social and security programs that would
have made terrorism a thing of the foregone past.
Rather the money is being used to finance terror.
Experts say the missing billions of US dollars is
being traced to terrorism, not just in Nigeria but
across the world. This is a tall sum of money to go
missing. This type of money typically sponsors
terrorism. Terrorism today is an intercontinental
network. Money from the billions 'missing' under
the Jonathan administration gets into the hands of
AQIM (Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb) through their Boko
Haram partners in Nigeria and from there these
billions easily travel all the way to al-Qaeda's
headquarters to support terrorism across the world.
Nigeria and the entire free world is at grave risk
and urgent, severe action is necessary to protect
and secure life and hope. We need to act.
Sent From David Aniemeka
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