PDP nurtured Boko Haram into a monster, FG replies Atiku

Federal government has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) nurtured Boko Haram into the monster it became when President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015.

Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed said this in response to a comment credited to Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the PDP.

The former vice-president had said the inability of the federal government to defeat the insurgent group puzzles him.

Reacting on Tuesday at the 11th edition of the scorecard series of Buhari’s administration, the minister said Atiku should ask his party why it allowed the insurgents to bomb the UN and police headquarters in Abuja.

The Minister said, “For six years until 2015, when our administration assumed office and inherited Boko Haram, the PDP more or less nurtured the insurgents to the monster they later became.

“Alhaji Atiku should ask his party why it allowed Boko Haram to operate freely, bombing cities, motor parks, schools and other soft targets are unrestrained.

“Alhaji Atiku, who was then residing in Abuja before porting to his new abode in Dubai, should ask his party, the PDP, while it allowed Boko Haram to bomb the police headquarters, the UN complex, a shopping mall and motor parks in Abuja with so much ease.”