''We will crush Boko Haram within two months'' - Gen. Buhari

President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians and the world that his administration will crush Boko Haram within two months in office. General Buhari spoke yesterday evening during an interview with CNN's Amanpour. 

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 ef­fectively 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 address the issues. Buhari however stressed the importance of the support and assistance of Nigeria’s neighbours: Niger, Cameroon and Chad to help checkmate the mili­tants.

“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. SunNews reports 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 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.”

Click HERE to watch the interview.

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