Former Head of State and presidential candidate of the
Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in last year’s presidential election,
General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday described the Goodluck Jonathan
administration as the biggest Boko Haram in the country.
Buhari said he would make up his mind
on the 2015 presidential election when his party reorganises.
Addressing Niger State CPC members, who
visited him in Kaduna, the former military leader noted that “since the leaders
do not listen to anybody but does whatever they wish, there is nothing the
North can do”.
He added: “I will like to quote Prof.
Ango Abdullahi, who said there are three Boko Harams, including the original
one, led by Muhammed Yusufu, who was killed and his supporters tried to take
revenge in attacking the law enforcement agencies and politicians.
“There is another developed Boko Haram
of criminals, who steal and kill. The biggest Boko Haram is the Federal
Government.”
On his political future, Buhari said:
“God willing, something will happen in 2015.”
Buhari said the government has two
options to conduct free and fair elections in 2015 or face humiliation from the
people.
He said: “If what happens in 2011
should again happen in 2015, by the grace of God, the dog and the baboon will
all be soaked in blood.”
The former Head of State said whether
or not he contests the presidential election in 2015, the party should be well
organised while he re-considers his stand.
Buhari said: “That’s what I told those
who have visited me in the past, but the press wrote that I said I have changed
my mind about re-contesting.”
The former Head of State noted that the
Jonathan administration has destroyed the petroleum industry, saying what is
happening in the industry can only happen under the type of the leadership
Nigeria has now.
He said: “There’s nowhere in the world
where such things happen. There’s nowhere in the world where a government can
increase the cost of petroleum product by more than 120 per cent. It is most
insensitive. Besides the air people breathe, the next important thing to them
is petroleum.
“Unfortunately, I know more about the
petroleum industry than others in the government, because I was there for over
three years as a leader. We started with Port Harcourt refinery producing
60,000 barrels per day. It was upgraded to 100,000 barrels per day. Another one
was built there, also in Port Harcourt, producing over 150,000 barrels, making
a total of 250,000 barrels per day. These were slated purely on Nigeria’s crude
oil.
“I personally asked the owner to sign
the contract for Warri and Kaduna refineries, 100,000 barrels each. There were
more than 20 depots, more than 3,200 pipelines and there was even a time we
were exporting 100,000 barrels per day of refined products. But the current
leadership has destroyed the industry.”