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Buhari Has Failed — Rochas Okorocha

Senator Rochas Okoro­cha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Imo State expressed regrets on Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari had failed to deliver on his campaign promises on insecurity, despite widespread expectations, and that Nigerians were now looking for an alternative.

He also stated that the federal government had been overburdened by the country’s current state of insecurity.

He warned Nigerians against allowing themselves to be used to create ethnic profiles of one another.

File Nigerians, based on the scourge of insecurity in the land, would send the incorrect signals to armed groups ready to talk with the authorities, according to Okorocha, who is the Senator with a penchant to misrepresent Imo West.

“When Jonathan came to power, the issue of corruption became heightened, and America took interest in the corruption in Nigeria, and they required someone who had zero-tolerance for corruption,” he stated in Abuja at a meeting with the Nigerians in Diaspora Association in South Africa.

“When the issue of Boko Haram grew very large (remember the Chibok girls? ), people forgot history very quickly.

“It was also on that basis that Jonathan lost the election and Buhari was elected president, for two reasons: (first) Buhari was going to jail all the corrupt people in Nigeria, as he did when he was the military head of state, and (second) he was going to stop Boko Haram – that was the situation at the time.”

“However, now, what is endangering Nigeria’s unity is the country’s polarization,” he continued.

“As a result, Nigerians are looking for someone who can bring the country back together; they want an Igbo, Hausa, or Yoruba man.”

The lawmaker also urged restraint, emphasizing the importance of avoiding retaliation.

“When Boko Haram first emerged, it killed more northerners in Nigeria than the Igbo and Yoruba combined, and they continue to do so today.

“They kill Muslims, Hau­sas – the Chibok girls are northerners, not Igbo girls. As a result, we’ve found ourselves in this situation.”

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