I Will Crush BOKO HARAM Within Two Months - General Buhari

President –Elect, Muhammadu Buhari has re­
assured that his administration will crush the
Boko Haram militants within two months of his
assuming office.
General Buhari spoke yesterday evening during
an interview with Christiane Amanpour on CNN,
monitored in Lagos.
He said there is insecurity in the north-east and
in the Niger Delta regions just as he explains
"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 ef­
fectively deal with them in two months when we
get into office."
He said the Federal Government made some
mistakes in its fight against Boko Haram and his
administration will addressed the issues. Buhari
however stressed the importance of the support
and assistance of Nigeria's neighbours: Niger,
Cameroon and Chad to help checkmate the mili­
tants.
"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,"
he said.
But where did the Jonathan administration go
wrong. Buhari drew attention to the poor
showing of the Nigerian military in the fight
against Boko Haram and explained thus: "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 is confident that under his government,
the Nigeria Army will perform differently. He
also said the performance of the military was
affected by corruption in the system.
"They will…if you recall, the Nigerian soldiers out
of all ethical expectations were granting inter­
views 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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