Ex-President Obasanjo says Anti-Gaddafi Forces lead to Boko Haram Insurgence

Former President Obasanjo has said the Libyan revolution that ousted long-time leader Mu'ammar Ghaddafi let loose trained militants and weapons that found their ways into Nigeria, fuelling the Boko Haram insurgency.

In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation radio and television aired yesterday, Obasanjo said also that the rise of the insurgency could be linked to bad leadership.

"There is an element of that," he said when asked if bad leadership contributed in propping up the sect.

"There is an internal element, which you have mentioned--inadequate education in the North, or in fact inadequate education generally in the country, inadequate employment opportunities in the country, all that are part of what, if you like, is remote cause of Boko Haram as far as I am concerned.



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