"We have some strong evidence but we are still being conscious so that we don't get it wrong but the best is to advice these politicians.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai on
Wednessday said the army has strong evidence against politicians sponsoring
bandits, kidnapping and other forms of criminality in the country.
Lt. Gen. Buratai stated this while receiving the Chairman
House Committe on the Army after visiting Maimanlari cementary to honor fallen
heros in Maiduguri on Wednessday.
He said: ''The myraid of security challenges we are facing
right now in the northwest, north central and other parts of the country, I
want to believe and rightly so that it is a fallout of the just concluded
general election.
"There are political class intrests, politicians in
particular who saw their defeats as a way of trying to revenge, sponsoring
these criminal activities even the bandits, the farmers and herders.
"There are strong political undertones and strong
political influnces including (in these) kidnappings.
"We use this opportunity to call on the chairman house
committee on army to prevail on some of these politicains, to really look at
national intrest first, before any political or sectional intrest.
"We have some strong evidence but we are still being
conscious so that we don't get it wrong but the best is to advice these
politicians.
"The threat by boko haram is quite real, they have been
dealt with but they are still much around. In terms of their various soft
target attacks on some military locations, right now Boko haram terrorists are
on the run but because of the resilient nature of terrorism they are always
trying to score points to shows that they are much around".
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