The Federal Government has been accused of playing politics with the Boko Haram crisis rocking the nation.
The Borno Governor Shettima, said this during an interview with CNN’s Christy Anampour.
Governor Shettima noted that the political difference between the Borno State Government controlled by the All Progressives Congress and the Federal Government led by the Peoples Democratic Party, had affected response to the insurgency.
The governor said the abduction of the over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, could have been foiled if the Federal Government and the ruling PDP were focused on solving the problem and not blaming it on the opposition.
He added that politics got in the way of proper communication between the Federal Government and the Borno State Government on the abduction of the girls in the first few days after the incident.
Few months ago, Shettima had said the Boko Haram insurgents were better armed and motivated than the Nigerian Army.