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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