President –Elect, Muhammadu Buhari has reassured
that his administration will crush the Boko Haram militants within two months
of his assuming office. General Buhari spoke yesterday evening during an
interview with Christiane Amanpour on CNN, monitored in Lagos.
He said there is insecurity in the north-east and in the Niger Delta regions just as he explains:
He said there is insecurity in the north-east and in the Niger Delta regions just as he explains:
“we know how they started and where they are
now and we will rapidly give attention to security in the country. And I
believe we will effectively deal with them in two months when we get into
office.”
He said the Federal Government made some mistakes in
its fight against Boko Haram and his
administration will address the issues. Buhari however stressed the importance of the support and assistance of Nigeria’s neighbours: Niger, Cameroon and Chad to help checkmate the militants.
administration will address the issues. Buhari however stressed the importance of the support and assistance of Nigeria’s neighbours: Niger, Cameroon and Chad to help checkmate the militants.
“We will be needing the cooperation of neighbouring
countries such as Cameroon, Chad and Niger. There were efforts made by the
President Goodluck Jonathan administration, but it was not good enough and it
came rather late,” he said.
But where did the Jonathan administration go wrong.
SunNews reports Buhari drew attention to the poor showing of the Nigerian
military in the fight against Boko Haram and explained thus:
“We expected the Federal Government four years ago
to sit down with these countries and make sure they do not allow the
terrorists free movement across borders, training facilities and movement of
weapons.
These were only done a few months ago and we have
seen how Cameroon, Chad and Niger are fighting Boko Haram more than Nigeria is
doing until recently. Really we have seen enough and we have enough law
enforcement to face Boko Haram squarely.”
Buhari is confident that under his government, the
Nigeria Army will perform differently. He also said the performance of the
military was affected by corruption in the system.
“They will…if you recall, the Nigerian soldiers out
of all ethical expectations were granting interviews to foreign journalists,
saying they were being sent to fight terrorists without proper
weapons. And then the National Assembly attempted to conduct a hearing to
find out how much money was approved for training and weapon in the last three
years but that hearing was scuttled by the administration.”
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