Outspoken Imam of Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja, Muhammed Nuru Khalid, also known as Digital Imam, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to summon the courage and apologize to former President Goodluck Jonathan, for failing to address the security challenges he used against the former President to win election in 2015.
He said Jonathan did all he could to do, but had a lot of forces fighting against him. He said the APC made sure they used every means to frustrate Jonathan out of power, but forgot they would inherit the same country they damaged.
Khalid disclosed this in an interview with Sunday Sun. He said after taking over power, "they (Buhari government) found out that things were different from the way they saw it, not as easy as they thought."
Responding to question on how the country got it wrong since Buhari came to power, he said, "We got it wrong when we began to politicize, regionalize and sectionalize issues of security in Nigeria.
"When politicians are happy with insecurity situations because of the failure of the ruling party and maybe take advantage of that to campaign and come to power, then they are using a tool that is not supposed to be as campaign mercenary, and that was what happened in 2015 when the previous administration of Goodluck Jonathan was in charge.
"All Progressives Congress (APC), which was in opposition then took advantage of the Boko Haram attacks and insecurity then as mercenary for campaign. They won elections and came to power, unfortunately, the thing turned over on them and is hunting them now."
Asked whether he thought APC deceived Nigerians in 2015, or are overwhelmed with the challenges facing the nation, he said, "What exactly happened before the 2015 election was that Buhari and APC took advantage of the Boko Haram activities and pockets of insecurity as well as perceived corruption then to campaign against Jonathan’s administration.
"When they won the election in 2015, they found out that things were different from the way they saw it, not as easy as they thought. And it’s not easy for them now to come out and admit their incompetence and admit that they were wrong and over criticized the former government.
"They don’t want what they did to the former administration, particularly in the area of harsh criticism to be done to them. The government obviously detests constructive criticism, particularly as regards the issue of insecurity and other challenges facing the nation, which they promised to address in their 2015 campaign."
He said the APC did a lot of damage to Jonathan's administration with its criticism, but do not want to be criticized in equal measure.
He said, "They did it to the previous administration freely, did lots of image damage, locally and internationally, to Jonathan’s administration, but they don’t want it done to them, and that’s another place they got it wrong."