A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, has said Buhari’s leadership style, created the belief among Nigerians from other parts of the country,
that he is a jihadist with a hidden agenda.According to Campbell, these belief is the fuel behind separatist agitations in the country, especially from the southern parts of the country.
Buhari had in 2013, berated the then President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration for attacking Boko Haram instead of treating them the same way his predecessor, late Umaru Yar’adua, treated
Niger Delta militants, a situation he described as an act of injustice against the North.Buhari who at the time spoke on a Liberty Radio programme, Guest of the Week monitored in Kaduna, said, “what is responsible for the security situation in the country is caused by the activities of Niger Delta militants. Every Nigerian that is familiar with what is happening knows this. The Niger Delta militants started it all.
“What happened is that the governors of the Niger Delta region at that time wanted to win their elections. So they recruited the youths and gave them guns and bullets and used them against their opponents to win elections by force.
“After the elections were over, they asked the boys to return the guns; the boys refused to return the guns. Because of that, the allowance that was being given to the youths by the governors during that time was stopped.