The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) said yesterday that the Federal Government  has lost focus in the fight against Boko Haram, saying that dirty politics, promotion of corruption and witch-hunting are taking their tolls on the landlord of Aso Rock.

Apparently reacting to the massacre 43 students of the Federal Government College in Yobe State, MURIC's director, Professor Ishaq Akintola said in a statement in Ibadan that President Jonathan must start addressing the real problems facing this country "if we are going to win the war against the Boko Haram insurgents."

It said that 180 million Nigerians were waiting anxiously for an enduring solution,adding "this is definitely not the time to play Mr. Jekyll and Hyde. "It is barbaric, preposterous and unacceptable. This gruesome killing must not go unpunished. Neither should it go unexplained by the Nigerian Army. "Reports reaching us affirm that the killings in the school started from 11.30 pm till 4.am in the morning. This is shocking and unbelievable in a state under emergency! Is it a conspiracy? Is it compromise of professionalism? Is it gross ineptitude?

"The Nigerian Army must explain this. The Federal Government must go beyond mere condemnation. We are constrained to ask why FG is treating Boko Haram with kid gloves. How can the massacre of innocent Nigerians continue unabated in spite of a state of emergency which has been in place for months? Who is fooling who," MURIC queried.

According to it, the Nigerian Army top command must provide answers to questions being asked by Nigerians.  "Why is Boko Haram always attacking when they are supposed to be on the run? Why are our troops always on the defence? "Is it true that Nigerian soldiers merely sit and wait for the group to attack?  Is it also true that there is poor welfare for soldiers posted to the area? Is it true that soldiers in the region use their own money to pay for treatment? Who is keeping sophisticated weapons from reaching Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram?

Is it true that Boko Haram once stole more than 30 trucks of ammunition from the Nigerian Army? How can this happen when military operation demands first and foremost that weapons and ammunitions must be secured? What was the army doing when all these were happening? What happened to 24-hour vigilance around military location and hardware," it added.

It reminded President Jonathan that the buck stops at his table, saying that as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Jonathan had to explain why the Boko Haram phenomenon still flourishes long after the declaration of emergency rule.

It opined that Mr. President lacks the political will to conduct the military campaign against Boko Haram. "He is not ready to give it what it takes. To compound the problem, nobody trusts his offer of truce. Nigeria is in a quagmire," it said.

MURIC urged Jonathan to take urgent steps to crush Boko Haram in order to convince cynics that his perceived nonchalance is not another anti-North agenda, saying "otherwise why did the president allegedly give a paltry N2 billion to the three states under emergency rule when Niger Delta militants swim in wads of naira notes that make Mount Everest green with envy?

"It gives the impression of a tale of two regions: one over-pampered, the other neglected. We warn that those who rejoice in the political and economic debilitation of the North are merely cutting their noses to spite their faces," MURIC said