In an interview with CNN yesterday
evening, Nigeria's president-elect Gen. Buhari promised to 'plug' corruption
and crush Boko Haram in 2 months. He told CNN's Amanpour from Abuja last night;
“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. 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”
“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 said the military didn't
perform as well as they should have because of 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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