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  The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has blasted the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, for claiming not to understand the Boko Haram phenomenon, a situation he said was nurtured by his party. He said the former Vice President should not feign ignorance, as it was under his party’s watch, the Boko Haram insurgency started in 2009. The PUNCH  recalls that Atiku recently claimed, during a Channels TV town hall meeting, that he did not understand the Boko Haram phenomenon, lamenting that despite the efforts of the Nigerian Army, the insurgency had not been eliminated. Atiku had during the meeting said, “I still cannot understand why we should have Boko Haram. You see, I served in Borno State when it was in the Northeast as a Customs officer, and I was patrolling the entire Northeast, so I am very conversant with the vegetation and with the border areas. I still cannot find a place in the Borno areas where anybody can hide ...