Why Nigeria was unable to defeat boko hararm Buhari says

President Muhammadu Buhari last night disclosed that ‘abuse of trust at various levels’ of government was responsible for the prolonged battle against Boko Haram terrorists who had killed more than 25,000 people in northeastern region.
The President who was speaking at a dinner for the members of the House of Representatives at the old Banquet Hall of the State House in Abuja, expressed disappointment that monies meant for the purchase of arms and other necessary equipment for the Military was mismanaged thereby working against defeating Boko Haram.
Recall that Former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki, AIT’s Ramond Dokepsi, Director of Finance in the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, Shaibu Salisu along with other individuals, are on trial for alleged diversion of $2.1 Billion arms purchase cash.
President Buhari said, “Unfortunately for us as a people, we uncovered that billions of Naira and hundreds of millions of dollars were expended by the previous government to acquire good equipment and ammunition so that the military can use, but unfortunately, there was abuse of trust at various levels that cost Nigeria a lot of lives and goodwill.
“We cannot keep quiet about it and facts are coming out gradually. It is very unfortunate. It is a known fact that Nigeria earned its respect from Burma to Zaire to Liberia to Sierra Leone. But it reached a stage where the Nigerian military could not secure 14 local governments out of the 774 local governments.
“As I have always said, how has the mighty fallen? We are doing our best and I hope our best will be good enough,” Buhari said

Share: