Insecurity: Some people in government are benefiting – Northern Leaders

Some opinion leaders in the North have pointed out that lack of sincerity on the part of the Federal Government as well as opposition by certain elements within the security services are the factors frustrating genuine attempts to dialogue with the extremist Boko Haram sect.
According to the Punch, which reported the news, in separate telephone interviews which they conducted, the Executive Director of the Civil Rights Congress, Mr. Shehu Sani, and the Convener of the Coalition of Concerned Northern Politicians, Academics, Professionals and Businessmen, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, said the above mentioned factors were obstacles to peace.
Specifically, Mohammed said, “The only obstacle now is that some elements within the Federal Government’s security services are making money out of the crisis and they are not interested in settlement… It is just a matter of people protecting their financial interests… If there is an obstacle, it is the financial interest of those who are milking the country and making money from the present insurgency.”

On his own part, Sani noted that the choice of mediators had been a major challenge between government and members of the sect. He said, “You have situations where people trusted by the sect are not accepted by the government or people who enjoy government’s support are not respected (or accepted) by members of the sect.”
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