President -Elect General Muhammadu
Buhari (rtd.) at the weekend spoke to newsmen in his home town, Daura,
Katsina State after casting his vote on a number of issues. Excerpts…
There have been reports that you
promised to end Boko Haram within two months, but your media team
reacted saying you never said so. We want you to use this opportunity to
clarify that.
I think I am too experienced in internal
security to give two months deadline on Boko Haram. I don’t think I
would have made that mistake because I tried to look at some of my
experiences even when I was in uniform with the rebels from Chad when I
was GOC in Jos and with Maitesine. So, for me to say that when I come
into office, I will get rid of Boko Haram in two months, I don’t think I
would have made that mistake. I didn’t.
As I mentioned on several occasions, we
that have at one time or the other worn Nigeria military uniform felt
terribly embarrassed that for six years, the Nigeria military couldn’t
bring order to 14 local governments out of 774 local governments in the
country after Burma, Zaire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Dafur where Nigerian
military earned respect internationally for their performances.
To fail to secure 14 out of 774 local
governments, I still can’t reconcile myself with that disgrace. We will
try and work with our neighbours which is the first thing we should have
done such as Chad, Cameroon and Niger who are fighting Boko Haram for
us. Look at Chad helping Nigeria or Niger, or Cameroon itself. This
nation has been humiliated by PDP. Nigeria has been humiliated by PDP.
God willing, with our experiences, we will quickly marshal support and
we are asking Boko Haram to pack and go.
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