By Temidayo Akinsuyi

Junaid Mohammed, elder statesman and Second Republic member of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari shouldn’t have promised Nigerians to lead the war against Boko Haram from the front.

He said the statement made by the President is now coming back to haunt him.

While delivering a speech at Chatham House International Affairs Institute in London in February 2015, Buhari had promised to lead from the front in the fight against Boko Haram if elected President.

“Let me assure you that if I am elected president, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be in the hands of the enemy. I, Muhammadu Buhari, will always lead from the front and return Nigeria to its leadership role in regional and international efforts to combat terrorism”.

Following the success recorded by the Chadian Army last weekend, many Nigerians have challenged President Buhari to match his words with actions by emulating President Idriss Deby who led the offensive against the insurgents.

Junaid however said given President Buhari’s age, no sincere Nigerian will expect him to physically present at the war front.

“First and foremost, the circumstances of President Buhari and Idriss Deby of Chad are totally different. Also, the Nigeria is in a democratic government while the situation in Chad is more like a military dictatorship”.

“But if truth be told, whatever the circumstances, I think President Buhari shouldn’t have made the pronouncement that as elected President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he was going to lead from the front. Whether he was speaking literally or metaphorically, it doesn’t matter”.

“He shouldn’t have made the statement but he made it and now it is now coming back to haunt him. But no sane person who believes in Nigeria’s democracy as a project will imagine that Buhari who is over 85 years old should now go and lead Nigeria’s troops in fighting Boko Haram".

"Given his age, we shouldn’t expect him to be physically involved in frontal attack against Nigeria’s enemy whether they are Boko Haram or foreign countries. That will amount to taking things too far”.

“I believe that what Buhari is expected to do is to provide political, economic and other kinds of leadership qualities and make sure that the people who are behind Boko Haram are exposed and they are dealt with appropriately. I don’t think that has happened”, he said.
https://www.independent.ng/buharis-promise-to-lead-war-against-boko-haram-now-haunting-him-junaid-mohammed/

Truth is now coming out

We told them that bubu is an ancestor.85yrs


Buhari is a fraud to Nigeria

It baffles me that they successfully rigged him in 2019


No single promises kept.

Prosperity will forever judge all those that brought this dullard to Nigerians cos of greedy
E no go better for them.

But he can rule Nigeria 85+3=88. That man is very strong oo

I agree with Junaid. He shouldn't have made the promise in the first place. Another failed promise

“If you elect me as the President of Nigeria on February 14 (now March 28), I am assuring you that our govt will chase BH out of Nigeria within 2 months because it is the responsibility of any reasonable government to secure the lives and property of its citizens.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/polls-campaign-promises-great-expectations/

A terrorist can never fight terrorism.

Didn't that come with the office?
Besides, he said he will relocate to Borno and lead from there.

All these paid supporters everywhere

Racoon:
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When will the mods start baning space bookers?

Please add graphic to the topic

How old is Buhari sef? 79 or 85?

Lol. Is Buhari 85 or 93??

Cyberterror:
How old is Buhari sef? 79 or 85?

Buhari = 85years
Jubril = 79years

ghettokid1:
Buhari = 85years Jubril = 79years

Which of them is ruling us

His football age is 77yrs while his real age is 85yrs old

Racoon:
A terrorist can never fight terrorism.

Gbam, how can someone fight his boys?

Cyberterror:
Which of them is ruling us

Jubril of course

ghettokid1:

When will the mods start baning space bookers?

as if you have never done that

qualityovenbake:
Buhari 85yrs old?

You think that man is 76?

GamalNasser:
Chadian attack on Boko Haram is an attack on Nigeria----- BMC

ghettokid1:
Jubril of course

You mean Jubril Al Sudani?

He will be more resourceful there

But that is what they told us in 2015...hewas going to lead from the front. tory don change nau abi?

GamalNasser:

You think that man is 76?

off course I don't think so, 77yrs is his football age.

Cyberterror:
You mean Jubril Al Sudani?

Yea

Okoo

He lied about his age. Our President lied.

Dat dam niggarrr is dead since 2016.. D only real niggarrr alive is damn niggarrr

Junaid seems to know him inside out

Guide777:
He lied about his age. Our President lied.

bubu was so desperate to win the election, to the extent that he was promising too much impossibilities: like #1 to $1, 5k to unemployed Nigerians, an end to medical tourism, defeat of boko-harram within 3 months, an end to importation of pms, by building new refineries. bubu's apc is just a scam.

Sensible Nigerians never expected him to lead the war against terrorism so I don't think we're surprised..