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After Rejecting Jonathan, Nigerians Deserve Boko Haram Bombings – Fani-Kayode

“Whatever each of us may or may not believe, one thing is clear- that Boko Haram now have powerful friends and secret allies right at the epicenter of power and those friends and allies are running the affairs of the country,” he said.

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Former Minister of Aviation and spokesperson of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign organization, Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that Nigerians asked for the recent upsurge in Boko Haram attacks by refusing to renew Mr. Jonathan’s mandate and instead voting in Muhammadu Buhari as president.

Mr. Fani-Kayode said Mr. Buhari has always been sympathetic to Boko Haram.

“Anyone that honestly believed that a man who secretly shares the same vision and core principles of Boko Haram and who spent many years defending them can do anything but give them a free hand when he comes to power is living in cuckoo land,” he said in a Facebook post. The remark was posted first on Monday, but was deleted before being re-posted on Tuesday.

Nigeria has in the last two weeks witnessed an escalation of Boko Haram’s bloody campaign, with several suicide bomb and gun attacks targeting places of worship, communities and public places, killing hundreds of people.

The latest attack occurred early Tuesday at a local government office in Zaria, Kaduna State. Twenty-five people were killed when a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive where civil servants had gathered for data verification in the Sabon Gari area of Zaria.

Mr. Fani-Kayode, who recently changed his name to Femi Olukayode in celebration of his court victory in a corruption case, said he was not surprised "by the resurgence of Boko Haram and their new-found barbarity, courage and zeal.” He also said the cause of Boko Haram may have been aided by the removal of military checkpoints in towns and along highways.

He said the Nigerian government is also transferring Boko Haram suspects to prisons in the eastern part of the country in order to ”spread the word,” adding that no less than 182 Boko Haram suspects were released on the president’s orders just a few days ago.

“Is all this just a coincidence or is something that is dark and sinister now afoot in our country?" his post read.

“Whatever each of us may or may not believe, one thing is clear- that Boko Haram now have powerful friends and secret allies right at the epicenter of power and those friends and allies are running the affairs of the country,” he said.

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