President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has said that terrorist
sect, Boko Haram has humiliated Nigeria and its security
agents.
Buhari however denied that he had promised to rid the
country of the sect in two months.
The President-elect made the statements on Sunday, April
12, 2015 during a meeting with journalists in Daura, Katsina
State, his home town.
“For six years, the Nigerian military couldn’t restore order in
14 local governments out of 774 after Barma, Liberia, Sierra
Leone, where the Nigerian military earned respect
internationally for their performances, to fail to secure 14
out of 774, I see that as an irreconcilable disgrace,” Buhari
said.
“I think I am too experienced in internal security operations
to make such a comment. I don’t think I will make that
mistake because of my experiences. Even when I was in
uniform with the rebels in Chad and as the GOC in Jos and
the period when I was Head of State, I did not say such thing
so, for me to say that I will get rid of Boko Haram in two
months is not correct; I don’t think I made that comment,”
he added.
“We will try and work with our neighbours such as Chad and
Niger who are fighting Boko Haram for us. And we are
advising Boko Haram to pack and go,” the President-elect
said.
Earlier reports had it that Buhari had made the two-month
vow during an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour.
'Jola Sotubo

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