Shehu Sani, Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, says throwing money to counter-terrorists who are throwing bombs ill not work.

Sani was reacting to the decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) to pull $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account to boost the fight against insurgency in the North East.

Airing his opinion in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Friday, Sani said the move signifies that the terrorists have not been technically defeated as the government always claimed.

Sani also wants the government to release a detailed breakdown of how it intends to utilize the money.

“One billion dollars to fight Boko Haram as approved by the FG officially means the insurgents are yet to be ‘technically’ defeated,” Sani wrote.

“The breakdown of the sum is necessary to make meaning out of it.Throwing money to counter those throwing bombs hasn’t worked in the past.”

One billion dollars to fight Boko Haram as approved by the FG officially means the insurgent are yet to be “technically” defeated.The breakdown of the sum is necessary to make meaning out of it.Throwing money to counter those throwing bombs hasn’t worked in the past.

— Senator Shehu Sani (@ShehuSani) December 15, 2017

Similarly, Ahmad Salkida, a journalist who is well known for his extensive coverage of the Boko Haram insurgency, weighed in on the issue, describing Nigeria as “a nation that doesn’t ask questions”.

One billion dollars to fight “remnants” that are “on the run” and are “willing to surrender?” Indeed, we are a nation that doesn’t ask questions. We take anything that is thrown at us by those we call leaders. #Nigeria

— Ahmad Salkida (@ContactSalkida) December 15, 2017

Ayodele Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, had also expressed his reservations with the decision to withdraw money from the Excess Crude Account.

According to Fayose, the move is a ploy to illegally siphon funds to prosecute President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election campaign.

“For posterity sake, I wish to place it on record that I was not among the governors, who approved the withdrawal of $1bn, almost half of our savings in the Excess Crude Account, which belongs to the three tiers of govt to fight an already defeated Boko Haram,” Fayose said.

“Since they said they have defeated Boko Haram, what else do they need a whopping sum of $1 billion (over N360 billion) for; if not to fund President Buhari’s re-election in 2019?

“The APC promised to wipe out Boko Haram within six months, now it is 31 months and what the APC government is wiping out is the economy of Nigeria and the means of livelihood of the people.”