₦airaland Forum

Seun:
Most people including myself have no confidence in the current government's plan to solve the problem of terrorism in Nigeria. However, it's important to try to find out whether the opposition has a better plan. For this reason, I went through General Buhari's recent interview with Thisday, and extracted the concrete statements he made about his plans to secure Nigeria and fight terrorism as the president of Nigeria.

Here they are, in his own words:

1. "What would I do differently? It is to make the military much more effective in their operations. If we get the opportunity, we will make the military capable again ... That is what we would do differently, to make Nigerian military capable again."

2. "Having known how the Boko Haram developed, what I would have personally done differently would be to get the Presidents of Cameroun, Chad and Niger together to say, ‘look our borders are porous and that we are not able to effectively protect them and monitor movements of people in and out of our territory, but please make sure that you do not provide training facilities or allow people to be coming into the county.’ "(technically, this is a statement about the past, but I'll allow it since he can do it when he gets into power)

3. "I think what I can do is appeal to the patriotic sense of the military."

4. "I think the situation needs a leadership that will give the military the backing in terms of sourcing the weapons and ammunition to fight. And Nigeria, no matter how oil prices have fallen, will source enough funds to fight the insurgents."

5. "This is what could be done differently, use intelligence, find out the leaders that are responsible and deal with them."

6. "Well, since they are stronger than the government, I think the government should negotiate with Boko Haram."

7. "If you do not cultivate a good relationship with your neighbours, it will cost you so much in terms of security and the economy. So you have to cultivate a friendship with your neighbours and then it goes on to ECOWAS, Africa and the rest of the world. I think this is a viable policy option."

8. "First of all it is important to debunk the notion being peddled by Boko Haram that Western education is ungodly. They go into schools and slaughter children both Christian and Muslim children. They go to mosques and explode devices, they also go to the churches and motor parks. So really, it is very easy to disabuse the minds of Nigerians on the wrong notion that Boko Haram is a religious enterprise. They are just simply terrorists. Having reduced them to that, then you can earn the support of the immediate communities for you to flush the insurgents out of the society. I believe that this will not take a long time."

9. "Then you discuss with your neighbours to make sure that weapons are not crossing the borders and that there are [no] training facilities for terrorists."

10. "I think that soldiers and police barracks and their armories must be strengthened to ensure that they are properly secured."

11. "I think that the air force has to be made more effective by acquiring more new aircraft and establishing a base in Kano so that the distance to cover is shorter and returning to base is made easier."

12. "You know there were problems with the Boko Haram leadership, there were some people that claimed to be leaders of Boko Haram and the sect disowned them. So we have to identify the real leaders of Boko Haram before you can negotiate with them."

13. "I am insisting on intelligence, which means gathering information and making sure that it is correct and you deal with it. Without intelligence you waste too much resources and lives."

The full interview (with numerous criticisms of the current government and stories about things that happened many years ago):
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/buhari-in-quest-to-secure-nigeria/196454/

What do you think?

MadCow1:
The Nigerian Army has really fallen to new depths..



Would the U.S Army ever come out in Public to make such unguarded statements about a U.S Army General?

The Nigerian Army has really lost its professionalism.

Something about this press briefing just doesn't speak well about the Nigerian Army.

holatin:
can someone throw stone to this shaytan.

you are not a muslim




ﺃَﻧَّﻪُ ﻣَﻦ ﻗَﺘَﻞَ ﻧَﻔْﺴﺎً ﺑِﻐَﻴْﺮِ ﻧَﻔْﺲٍ ﺃَﻭْ ﻓَﺴَﺎﺩٍ ﻓِﻰ ﺍﻻٌّﺭْﺽِ ﻓَﻜَﺄَﻧَّﻤَﺎ
ﻗَﺘَﻞَ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱَ ﺟَﻤِﻴﻌﺎً ﻭَﻣَﻦْ ﺃَﺣْﻴَـﻬَﺎ ﻓَﻜَﺄَﻧَّﻤَﺎ ﺃَﺣْﻴَﺎ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱَ ﺟَﻤِﻴﻌﺎً
That if anyone killed a person not in
retaliation of murder, or to spread corruption
in the land – it would be as if he killed all
mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would
be as if he saved the life of all mankind.
The verse states that whoever kills a soul without a
just cause such as in legal punishment for murder or
for causing corruption on earth, then it will be as if
he has killed all mankind because there is no
difference between one life and another.
Allah said:
ﻭَﻣَﻦْ ﺃَﺣْﻴَـﻬَﺎ
If anyone saved a life,
This means by preventing its blood from being shed
and believing in its sanctity, then all people will have
been saved from him, therefore:
ﻓَﻜَﺄَﻧَّﻤَﺎ ﺃَﺣْﻴَﺎ ﺍﻟﻨَّﺎﺱَ ﺟَﻤِﻴﻌﺎً
It would be as if he saved the life of all
mankind.

ichidodo:
[color=#1980BC] Ironically the only thing that will save GMB from prison for lying under oath right now is a military coup.. [/color]

Habibuisah1:
Have Decided, I Will Vote For Buhari -
If you like, tell me that Buhari went only to almajiri school, I
will still vote for Buhari.
Tell me that Buhari never attended any school before. I will
still vote for Buhari.
Tell me Buhari is actually an Alien from mars I will vote for
Buhari.
Tell me that Buhari is actually 100 years old I will still vote for
Buhari.
Tell me Buhari jailed every single Nigerian that was alive
during his tenure, I will still vote for Buhari,
Tell me that during Buhari's tenure people had to apply to
government and get approval before they urinate, defecate,
eat or drink, I will still vote for Buhari.
Tell me that Jonathan Nigeria would be better than paradise in
4 years if I vote Goodluck, I will still vote for Buhari.
Save your words, save your energy, save your keyboards, save
your time, and leave me alone

HNosegbe:
Yeah sure... everyone who asks questions of your messiah's administration is a "witch". It is only "witches" that dare to ask questions of your lord and savior, the perfect GEJ and his excellent transformational administration.

tenry:
Diesel is now 99naira from the depot, with the cost of transportation (2naira or 2.5naira) that ll be around 82k. The one I bought for my boss on monday was 102.5 landed cost. Presently, we are seling at the rate of 125 naira. Come to Ipaja axis. You ll get it at that rate. Diesel has come down too. I am not doubting d fact that some ar still selling 140 to160, perhaps they wanna finish their old stock whc they bought at a very high price.

Demdem:

All of them combined together involved in the greed.
Jonathan in his daft state has refused to restore order to the system thereby allowing them to feast fat on the populace.

Adminisher:
Read your constitution, the document does not want to see any certificates. Also go to the dictionary and read what perjury means.

Chiwude:
Rochas has exceeded all expectations in his first tenure. I hope he does better as we Imolites supports him for Governorship come february. However, as for presidency I think GEJ will sweep the SE including Imo state.

zionzoe:
Omoo u no go kill person here ooo.........na u don make sence pass for this topic.............I give u a letter of recommendation to become a professor now! U here........because I go act as ur teacher........lol

datribune:
I disagree.
d two best nigerian govts post-civil war ar military govts - Murtala Mohammed & Buhari/Idiagbon
d two worst govts post-civil war ar civilian govts - Shagari & Goodluck Jonathan

Seun:
He has not accepted that he made a mistake. If you don't admit your mistakes and correct them, you will keep making them.


A cynical person would say that the reason he is doing all this is because he no longer has the military capability to take power by force.

Look, I have decided that it may not be bad to have change, but we need to understand the new man before giving him dominion over us.

AnanseK:
Backing her youngest child

Sunnybobo3:
What do you expect in a place with 95% of the youths[b] unemployed and unemployable[/b]?

If they had jobs or businesses to tend to, will they be here?

DDeliverer:
I thank God almighty because Feb 14 is few weeks from now..

All these noise will soon end!

What we will notice is
1.APC dragging PDP to court accusing them of election rigging.
2. Few bombings and killings in the North and a mild protest in Lagos.
3.Heavy presence of military in kano, kastina, yobe and adamawa.
4.Amaechi going into exile.
5.Buhari retiring in daura with his melu-melus.
6.Tinubu, nobody will know his whereabout..
7[b].Rochas will decamp to PDP[/b].
8.APC e-rats will de-activate their Nairaland accounts while some will register new accounts.



OR

We divide Nigeria!
1.GEJ remains the president of the south-south, south-East, part of south- west, part of the middle belt.
2.Buhari becomes the president of abokiis and their slaves.

voltron:
..... and some fools will say Buhari is not a Boko-Haram Mentor and Sponsor.. so much crowd.. tasty-looking crowd ripe for Bombing and not one Boko-Haram Member in site.. are you not surprised that BH have stopped their attacks just when Buhari commenced his Campaign... I laugh in bature voice.. "kaman dutse de an sare acikin bola"

showby:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.


"I hate Buhari's candidacy. Believe me, either Nigeria has the largest collection of idiots in the world or we as a nation, are not ready for genuine change. Buhari as a coupist and a presidential candidate, is an embarrassment to not only Nigerians, but to every black man or woman on the planet. Achebe captured it all before he joined his ancestors. Indeed, there was a country. Sad. Achebe captured it all before he joined his ancestors. Indeed, there was a country. I am a staunch democrat. I voted for Olu Falae against OBJ. I will never vote a coupist. It's that simple."
- Eluwilussit (Political Analyst)


Let's look for the light that can drive Nigeria's darkness away.

Burger01:
Mogbe! See Crowd!!