Jonathan- Buhari fighting insurgency with arms I bought

Former President Goodluck Jonathan (L) New President Muhammadu Buhari (R)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s government was prosecuting the war against the Boko Haram insurgency with the arms his administration procured.

Insisting that he laid a solid foundation for terrorism to be defeated, Dr Jonathan expressed hope that very soon, the new government would defeat the insurgency.

Jonathan, who spoke in an interview with France 24  as quoted by The Cable, said  that insurgency caught the country unawares but noted that his government laid a solid foundation for terrorism to be defeated.

His words: “The new government is working hard and I believe they are still using the equipment we procured. Though the budget is still being debated, no new equipment has been bought, so even those equipment the President is using to prosecute the war against Boko Haram are those equipment we procured.

“When Boko Haram started in Nigeria, we had no terror experience. Yes, we had armed robbery and other common crimes, but terrorism was different because the people involved were not afraid to die. So, you need a different mechanism to confront terrorism; you need superior technology to be able to stop them even before they attack. We never had the equipment, but when we were confronted, we started acquiring and before I left office, we built reasonable capacity and I believe with what we left behind and also with what the new government will acquire, they will be able to prosecute this terror war to a reasonable conclusion.”

Source: Vanguard
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