The American government has warned its Nigerian counterpart about the Boko Haram insurgency years before it began in 2009, former speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Bello Masari has said.
Speaking to newsmen in Katsina yesterday, Masari said while he was the speaker six years ago, the American authority wrote Nigerian government listing five things that it warned if not address could lead to disintegration of the nation by 2015.
“Most of the things they warned us about are currently happening including of course this Boko Haram”the former Speaker said.
He expressed the fears that the activities of Boko Haram, if not halted could lead to the disintegration of the nation.
Masari who was the Speaker of the lower chambers from 2003 to 2007chided the Federal Government for recent lock out of Speaker Tambuwal and other law makers at the National Assembly.
“What happened shows the type of leadership we have in the nation and it is suggestive of the danger ahead should the nation allow the current leadership to continue beyond 2015,” he noted
He accused the federal government of using police and other security agencies to create confusion in the nation even as he warned the security agents to take caution.
Masari who is seeking to govern Katsina State on the platform of opposition APC said he would fill in the apparent void in leadership in the state.
He pledged to ensure that all public officers enrol their children in public school, noting that doing so would further reposition education and as such, officials would have little or no choice but to accord needed attention to the education sector.
