Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the current administration is prosecuting the war against insurgency with the arms which were procured under his government.

In an interview with France 24, the Nigerian leader said insurgency caught the country unawares but his government laid a solid foundation for terrorism to be defeated.

“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,” he said.

“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, so that you will be able to stop them even before the 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.”

Jonathan also attributed the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the loss of the 2015 election but expressed optimism that the former ruling party would soon gain stability.

“The PDP definitely will have some minor issues, it is expected… We lost the presidency and definitely we will have some kind of leadership problems. When you have a president, everybody looks up to the president. But when you no longer have the president, it becomes difficult for the party to have strong leadership.

“I believe whatever you observe will be sorted out. Leaders of the party, elders of the party have been meeting and all this perceived disagreement will soon be sorted out.

“Every political party has misunderstanding, it is not new, it is always there. From the beginning of PDP, even before I got to Abuja as a vice-president and president, there were instances when the chairman of the party will be asked to step down. And some officers leave from time to time when there are issues. So what is happening is not new but I promise you that PDP will stabilize.

“In fact, by March this year, we are going in to elect officers at the lowest levels of the wards to the local government, to the states, to the zones then of course at the national officers will be elected; that is just in March. So the party will bounce back, whatever you are perceiving, it always happen and we will get over it.”

https://www.thecable.ng/buhari-still-fighting-insurgency-with-the-equipment-i-bought-says-jonathan

And so fu*cking what

Nigerian soldiers given death penalty for mutiny should reply GEJ as matter of urgency.

They tell us equipments were not bought yet Buhari keeps "winning" the war on boko haram accprding to Mr liar Mohammed.I wonder if it is bow and arrows they are using to tackle boko haram

Simple and short

To all the brainless zombies out there come and show any Dane gun bubu bought for the military

Why wasn't the war against boko haram won during his tenure??

GEJ should stop being slippery and tell us what he knows about the $2.1 billion arms deal.

opeaceo:
Why wasn't the war against boko haram won during his tenure??

Was boko haram in charge of any territory by May 29 when he handed over to Buhari?

Has Buhari stopped the boko haram attacks?

Toor
Maybe it's bcoz a sword by itself wins nothing, e be like say na baba sabi ginger d moral of d army well Coz true true, I never hear am say baba buy any weapons o

cktheluckyman:


Was boko haram in charge of any territory by May 29 when he handed over to Buhari?

Has Buhari stopped the boko haram attacks?

I don't know, but bombs were going off like it was Christmas.

No, he hasn't but it has reduced.

You bought with your money ? È ma gba mi ke ... This people have turn Nigeria into their private enterprise

cktheluckyman:
[s]They tell us equipments were not bought yet Buhari keeps "winning" the war on boko haram accprding to Mr liar Mohammed.I wonder if it is bow and arrows they are using to tackle boko haram[/s]

You mean GEJ keep on buying equipment waiting for PMB to use whenever he ascend the throne of administration? Or you mean bows and arrows were used by Yaradua and OBJ to keep ND militants in check?

Comments like this reveals that shallow-thinking youths of nowadays are one of the big problems of this country.

opeaceo:


I don't know, but bombs were going off like it was Christmas.

No, he hasn't but it has reduced.

More people died from bokoram from June to Dec 2015 than from Jan-May 2015,They were also far more attacks during the latter part of the year under Buhari.

Zombies come and listen my hero is speaking

Ephemmm:


You mean GEJ keep on buying equipment waiting for PMB to use whenever he ascend the throne of administration? Comments like this reveals that youths of nowadays are one of the big problems of this country.

So since Buhari has not procured new equipments which ones is he now using to tackle boko haram?

cktheluckyman:


More people died from bokoram from June to Dec 2015 than from Jan-May 2015,They were also far more attacks during the latter part of the year under Buhari.

But the attacks have reduced now isn't it?

It is now clearly obvious former President Goodluck Jonathan was well aware of all the scams that occurred under his Government.

Is he talking about the helicopter without rotor he bought that ended the life of a fighter pilot? Don fortunato aka EL clueNO (thanks to modath)

arewafederation:
GEJ should stop being slippery and tell us what he knows about the $2.1 billion arms deal.

Wait till the Oil probes, then you'll realize how corrupt GEJ and his wife really are.

opeaceo:


But the attacks have reduced now isn't it?

Boko haram killed 14 people yesterday in chibok.

cktheluckyman:


So since Buhari has not procured new equipments which ones is he now using to tackle boko haram?

Which ones has Nigerian military has been using while on peace-keeping mission even before GEJ becomes President?

[b]...And how is this supposed to be an achievement??

There was a major outcry over a lack of equipment and arms to fight the insurgence, this directly led to the violent death of thousands of gallant soldiers and civilians, and a sad trail of devastation and despair for their families. Recent investigations have revealed that most of the moneys released for arming the military was diverted and either looted outright or used to run elections. After squandering billions of dollars meant for arming the military, after emptying the Nigerian treasury before handover and after even borrowing the sum of $1billion early in 2015 for this same weapons procurement, what funds does GEJ now expect Buhari to use in procuring more weapons especially at this time when the military has by the grace of God, managed to subdue the terrorists with the primitive weapons at their disposal??

Why would some people not just learn to remain silent instead of embarrassing themselves whenever they speak?? How can the very same person who supervised the squandering of billions meant for arms be so insensitive and shamelessly to brag about this sort of thing in public?? What is really wrong with Africa??[/b]

ISpiksDaTroof:
Wait till the Oil probes, then you'll realize how corrupt GEJ and his wife really are.

Who is stopping you from commencing the oil probes? What exactly are you going to probe.The paedophile Emir of kano started from $49b,he later went down to $10b before going up again to $20b so which of these values are you going to probe?

And i was wondering why he didnt buy it in his time to fight the insurgency!

cktheluckyman:

Boko haram killed 14 people yesterday in chibok.

Before this, when was the last 2 attacks?

Sai Goodluck

cktheluckyman:


Who is stopping you from commencing the oil probes? What exactly are you going to probe.The paedophile Emir of kano started from $49b,he later went down to $10b before going up again to $20b so which of these values are you going to probe?

Please, stop embarrassing yourself with comments like this.

it remains a pity this man lacking shame continues to speak without any semblance of regret of his clueless and senile govt almost wrecked the country.

arewafederation:


Please, stop embarrassing yourself with comments like this.

I think this should be directed to the paedophile Sanusi who seems to be confused and suffering from numerical diarrhea

his evil men kept the ammunitions so that more money Wil be pump to them to embezzle. what is the benefits of a won war to corrupt military officers?

this GEJ is becoming more and more clueless even after leaving office. this man was a national mistake