{"id":165395,"date":"2025-06-03T12:06:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism"},"modified":"2025-06-03T13:12:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:12:27","slug":"theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism","title":{"rendered":"They\u2019re fighting Tinubu with terrorism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, alleged that people in the political class are fuelling Boko Haram in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kalu, they are using terrorism as tools to fight President Bola Tinubu just like they did during former President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke while appearing on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe political class is behind Boko Haram. They are using terrorism as a tool to fight Tinubu, just like they did with past administrations,\u201d Kalu said.<\/p>\n<p>However, when asked to clarify who he referred to as the \u201cpolitical class,\u201d Kalu pointed fingers at politicians, top civil servants and wealthy business people in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople in the political class are the ones fuelling Boko Haram. This is a political war,\u201d Kalu added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them aren\u2019t after money, they are after power. They want to tear down the system just to grab control, and that is not how power should be acquired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe insecurity in Nigeria is politically induced. These individuals, politicians, businessmen, civil servants are not just seeking financial gain. They are looking to hijack political power,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming after suspected Boko Haram terrorists planted Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in Guzamala Local Government of Borno State, killing a total of nine people.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, had recently warned that Nigerians are currently living with Boko Haram and bandits.<\/p>\n<p>Sanusi issued the warning during the 60th birthday ceremony of former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, alleged that people in the political class are fuelling Boko Haram in Nigeria. According to Kalu, they are using terrorism as tools to fight President Bola Tinubu just like they did during former President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s administration. He spoke while appearing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":165393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[45,1235,254,945],"class_list":["post-165395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-boko-haram","tag-kalu","tag-nigeria","tag-tinubu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>They\u2019re fighting Tinubu with terrorism - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, alleged that people in the political class are fuellin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"They\u2019re fighting Tinubu with terrorism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, on Monday, alleged that people in the political class are fuellin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-03T11:06:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-03T12:12:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1748940181.178566.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"They\u2019re fighting Tinubu with terrorism\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-03T11:06:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-03T12:12:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism\"},\"wordCount\":271,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1748940181.178566.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Boko Haram\",\"Kalu\",\"Nigeria\",\"Tinubu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/theyre-fighting-tinubu-with-terrorism\",\"name\":\"They\u2019re fighting Tinubu with terrorism - 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