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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