Presidency Insists Opposition Profiting From Boko Haram Killings

The Presidency has again maintained its stand that opposition politicians are behind Boko Haram killings in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, who was a guest on Channels Television Sunrise Programme yesterday, was responding to a question on whether he believed that Nigerians loathed President Goodluck Jonathan. The presidential aide argued that Jonathan was the most maligned president the nation had ever produced. “What is the volume of blood of Nigerians those who want power require to unseat Jonathan?” Okupe asked. Okupe, who likened the Boko Haran insurgency to a war situation, noted that terrorist attacks had been a daily affair in the country since 2009. He also lamented that the war against terrorism had been made difficult by the nation’s population and topography. He, however, maintained that the Federal Government had put in place credible and effective measures to contain insurgency, adding that security agencies deserved some commendation