General Muhammadu Buhari purchased more arms for Nigeria armed forces as Head of State than President Goodluck Jonathan bought in 5 years despite spending more on paper, elombah.coh has been told.

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday challenged his principal opponent, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buahri (rtd) to explain to Nigerians how he spent his Defence budget while he served as the nation’s Head of State.

At the commencement of the presidential campaign in Lagos, Jonathan announced “He did not buy a single rifle”, referring to Gen Buhari while he served as a military Head State, lamenting that Nigeria “had great soldiers but who had no arms”.

President Jonathan who was addressing a crowd of party supporters at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos noted that the fight against terrorism is dragging on because of lack of equipment owing to the fact that previous governments including that of Gen Buhari failed to equip the Nigerian soldiers.

Chiding Buhari who said he will fight insecurity, Jonathan said: “Ask him, when he was the head of government, did he buy one rifle for the Nigerian military? They refused to equip the military. Ask them what they did with their defence budget that they did not equip the military.

But speaking to Elombah.com this morning, a political analyst said General Buhari 2 years in government got more arms than Jonathan’s first 5 years as president despite the trillions he spent on that.

Richard Mayungbe said: “The Total military hardware purchases by Jonathan’s government from 2009-2013 stand at $349m. This is for 5 years as against GMB’s total of $940m in less than 2 years in office. The question that now arises is where is all the rest of over a trillion naira President Jonathan budgeted and spent on security and defence go?

Responding to Elombah.com report on the matter on Facebook, Mr Mayungbe refered us to a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute which detailed Nigeria arms purchases during the periods under review.

On the website of the Peace Ibstitute, an Elombah.com researcher got below:

Source :- http://www.thecomplex.ng/?p=1990

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Jonathan, the 21st century liar. A man crowned with corruption and robed with cluelessness. I'll do the needful come Feb 14.

GEJ is a total failure!

Chai!!! See as dem open GEJ's yansh! That man is a bloody liar!

Would you be promoting GEJ's candidature if this was your brother? Ill equipped, monstrously killed by BH.

Buhari bought those weapons for boko haram. was he not mentioned as their spokesman? has he not openly stood up for Islamizing this country? has he not publicly said sharia law is the only law? Vote GEJ. GEJ has given us our first christian minister of finance, minister of petroleum, etc. Vote GEJ.

arrrghh I so hate GEJ and the situation of the country. say no to clueless leaders. we can produce better leaders.pls your vote counts.vote for change GMB 2015

APC spurning another LIE again after the Lie on this other threads were busted...

https://www.nairaland.com/2083694/jonathan-lied-arms-export-nigeria/2#29636675

https://www.nairaland.com/2082957/general-buhari-did-not-buy#29613205

and they are even using the same 'source' again

Kudos to Former President Shehu Shagari, he ordered all the military hardware that were delivered during Buhari's regime. The orders listed in the link below were made mostly between 1980 and 1983 when Shehu Shagari was president (Buhari hijacked the presidency on 31st December 1983 so we can't give him credit for orders that were made in 1983).

Some of the equipment were delivered in 1984 when Buhari became president. GEJ was right when he said Buhari bought nothing, zilch, zero, fcuuk all!

NB: Military equipment are not like shoes that gets delivered two days after ordering them on the internet, it can take months or years to be delivered.

Click on the link below and do a search of military equipment that were ordered by Nigeria between 1980 - 1985.

NB: Buhari was president from December 31, 1983 - August 27, 1985.


http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php

Alleinad:
Buhari bought those weapons for boko haram. was he not mentioned as their spokesman? has he not openly stood up for Islamizing this country? has he not publicly said sharia law is the only law? Vote GEJ. GEJ has given us our first christian minister of finance, minister of petroleum, etc. Vote GEJ.

U are more clueless n dumbed. U shld b on 2go.com nt here!

Buhari/osinbajo to a new dawn.

So its civilians that order military equipment someone to check their brains. The fact is the guy is an experience military man that knows what is needed to fight these people.

Alleinad:
Buhari bought those weapons for boko haram. was he not mentioned as their spokesman? has he not openly stood up for Islamizing this country? has he not publicly said sharia law is the only law? Vote GEJ. GEJ has given us our first christian minister of finance, minister of petroleum, etc. Vote GEJ.

Yes he bought them for Bokoharam in 1983. Them suppose dey flog some of wuna with cane.