Buhari only fighting political Boko Haram – Sarafadeen Alli, ex- Oyo SSG

Former Secretary to Oyo State Government, Barrister Sarafadeen Abiodun Alli, said the recent abduction of about 105 students in Dapchi, Yobe state and various attacks in the North Eastern part of the county have shown that President Muhammadu Buhari was only fighting political Boko Haram.
According to him, the presidency was only economical with truth when it claimed that the Boko Haram insurgents have been ‘technically defeated.’
Alli, a former Chairman of Odu’a Investment Company Limited and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in the state, while speaking in Ibadan, the state capital during a live radio program on Fresh FM, “Political Circuit” and monitored by DAILY POST, informed that it was certain that many people were making money in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents, the development he said had made it difficult for the President and the security agencies to defeat the insurgents totally.
He said he was convinced that many people in helms of affairs were making use of the current insecurity state in the country to make huge amount of money.
Alli said, “Buhari is fighting political Boko Haram. Some people are making money in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. Certainly who can convince me that some people in power are not making money in the fight. We know Buhari don’t know anything about the economy.
“They said several times that they have defeated Boko Haram. They are fighting war and they withdraw soldiers. They kidnapped school girls recently. Many people are making money from this. What is good for the geese is also good for the ganders and it is also good for other geese.
Speaking further, Alli also accused the President of fighting a selective war against corruption, considering the number of accused corrupt politicians who are in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and still roaming about the country without being prosecuted.
He said he was surprised that immediately a corrupt politician joins APC, his charges will be kept under the carpet
Alli said “Anyone who is accused of corruption, immediately he joins APC, his case will be kept under the carpet. Look at Orji Uzor Kalu and others, many people are joining APC because they are afraid. Immediately you join APC, they will exonerate you. Babachir Lawal, former SFG was accused of corruption.
Speaking on his governorship ambition, the former Oyo SSG remarked that the need to have a governor who knows the problems and the needs of the state and her people and provide the best for the people, informed his decision to join the governorship race ahead of 2019 elections.
Alli said ” The kind of governor we should have in Oyo state is somebody who knows the terrain. If you ask some people who want to be governor, they don’t know where Ado Awaye lake, Ikere George Dam, I want to expand the economy base of Oyo state. If you go to Shagamu interchange, you will see a lot of industries there, we are going to do more of that in Oyo state.
“I am a democrat, I am a team player, I believe people of Oyo state deserve better than what they are getting now. And so we must resuscitate out moribund industries. We make efforts to call former Governor Adebayo Alao Akala and Senator Teslim Folarin back but because they have gone that does not mean that PDP will not win the 2019 elections.
” That is what is binding us together it is not about personal agenda. I will stay I am a party man. I am not leaving PDP, we want to send APC away in 2019. I was offered Senatorial ticket in 2011, it was giving to Senator Olufemi Lanlehin, I did not leave. I was not given governorship ticket in Labour Party in 2015, I did not leave.
“We know that people of Oyo state are waiting for us to come in 2019, we know that you are certainly waiting for us. And I want our people to go and get their PVC, prayer point cannot solve this problem. It is your own voter card that can solve it”.