The north (elites) was lukewarm about the butchery and the barbarous killings at their own backyard because they thought they could use it as a tool to get more federal allocations. They argued that the youth restiveness was as a result of lopsidedness or imbalance in the share of the federal cake. They hinged their arguments on the fact that there was poverty in the north, while there were wanton waste in the south especially south-south.
The Northern politicians on the other hand were not concerned about the equitable distribution of developmental projects. They didnt care a "cow" about equitable dispensation of available scarce resources. They just wanted POWER. POWER !!! They thought they were overdue to have the power. Of course, they have been out of the power loop for a long tortuous time. Many of them were silent about the killings...and many were closet allies and financiers of the deadly sect. They wanted the power, at all cost and BH came handy. The former president (GEJ) even alluded to the fact that BH has infiltrated his government. It didn't matter to them how many of their "leaders of tomorrow" were killed. Let there be more killings to discredit the government of the day, they seemed to be saying.
For the PDP/GEJ, I want to believe that, somebody or a group of politicians who were turbocharged by insatiable greed prevailed on him (GEJ) to go soft on BH. They must have told him that "ol boy, if you want your second term to sail through, you had better go soft on boko haram o. If you want the North to vote for you, dont be too harsh on boko haram ooOO". He must have heeded their ill-advise because he diddnt do nothing (initially) against these murderous vermin when they were just ragtag directionless army. At a time, he (GEJ) was even calling them "brothers" !!!
Coming to APC. Of course...the APC needs all the propaganda that there is insecurity in the land yada...yada...yada.. to curry favour from people and boost their electoral fortunes at the poll. And, all the empty rhetoric, gaseous oratory and the highfalutin shibboleths really worked. GEJ was dressed up as a dull-witted and clueless president who could not manage a nation as complex as Nigeria and provide adequate security for her masses. All measures taken by the ruling party to stem insecurity were either criticized or frustrated. For instance: when GEJ declared state of emergency in some states in the north, they criticized it. When GEJ finally grew some balls to proscribe Boko Haram, there were barrage of acid comments and acrid criticism... when he began to go after BH, they said he's killing their children. Guess what, it all worked...and we are here !!!!!
(THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A COMMENT ON MY FB WALL)
