South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has said Boko Haram delivered a message to former President Jonathan during his time as President, to covert to Islam through an abducted hostage, Abba Marama, who is now late after his release.
Clark, in a message on the “State of the nation”, claimed that the increasing insecurity in the country, which President Muhammadu Buhari has been unable to bring to a standstill since becoming president, was seriously distressing to him.
He claimed that there was a top-level conspiracy among top government officials and highly placed politicians in the killings and violence by Boko Haram.
He added, “I call on President Buhari to honestly come to terms with the stark truth, that his current efforts with his security apparatus are grossly inadequate for the task.
“I call on Mr. President to urgently convene a sober ‘National Discourse on National Security’ of former Heads of State, Presidents, statesmen and leaders, women and selected youths in Nigeria to work out a consensual and amicable resolution of this long, seemingly intractable, challenge afflicting the country since the entry of Boko Haram menace in the national psyche.
“While also plead with Boko Haramists, herdsmen, bandits, whatever name they choose to call themselves, to please stop this dastardly act, I enjoin all Nigerians to join in praying fervently for our nation for God’s mercy. We do not have any other country to call our own.
“Nigerians should unite, be courageous and sincere to fight Boko Haram to avert the disintegration of the country, now that it is clear that the government cannot do it alone.
"There are many things wrong, ranging from the question of equality and diversity, economy, infrastructural development, unemployment, lack of power and most importantly, security.”