Boko Haram has legitimate grievances, Obasanjo says

FORMER President Olusegun
Obasanjo has said that Boko Haram
insurgents have legitimate
grievances, a report in The Cable on
Monday said.
Criticising the response of the
current administration to the Boko
Haram insurgency in some parts of
the North, Obasanjo highlighted
low level of education as a
contributory factor.
The ex-President spoke on Monday
during a global education
conference in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
“They (Boko Haram) have
legitimate grievances,” he told
IBTimes United Kingdom.
“We don’t need anyone to tell us
that that is a problem: a problem of
disparity, a problem of
marginalisation.
“The response of the government
initially was definitely not enough.
When Boko Haram started showing
their fangs about four years ago,
the reaction should have been firm
and unmistakable,” he added.
Obasanjo reiterated his carrot-and-
stick approach to solving the
insurgency by the sect, adding that
the heat that the sect was facing
from the military at the moment
could force it to dialogue with the
government.
“If Boko Haram is ready to talk, we
should talk. But they will need to
be pounded a little bit by the
military and then, they would be
ready to talk,” he said.
Obasanjo added, “When we were
dealing with the carrot aspect, the
stick aspect should have been firm.
I hope with that, we will now go
the carrot; the carrot is those things
rightly or wrongly perceived as
injustice or grievances that can
now be dealt with.
“But the false confidence of the
militants to go into Chad, Niger and
neighbouring countries has now
led to a regional coalition of
military and that has been
reasonably effective; it has not
completely solved the problem.”

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