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#Ashleyma77 This is the question APC keep asking and using against the present administration. Many might not really know the truth, and this is a nice forum to explain such and clear such question.

very funny, grand pa should go and rest.

Many questions have been asked on why President Jonathan and the military waited this long to solve the issue of Boko haram. Those that ask such questions are asking out of ignorance or the fact that they refuse to accept the truth.
Let me try to explain some reasons for this delay and where we are today.
• The military was compromised by the sympathizers of this dreaded group. Information about the operations of the military was leaked; sometimes the commanders even order the soldiers to fall back on sighting the insurgents and leaving their ammunition.
• The federal government tried to use the same system they used to defeat militancy on Boko Haram but it proved abortive.

• When the federal government launched a full attack on the Insurgents, some Northern elders especially Buhari alleged that they were killing their brothers; some even said that it’s a fight against the North. Ihejirika the then Chief of Army staff was accused of killing innocent people by the same people, they also threatened to drag him to ICC (International Criminal Court).

• Nigerian military was grossly under-equipped because of the neglect of past governments, since the 1980’s during Shagari’s tenure and the corruption in the purchase of ammunition.

• These delayed the flushing out of the insurgents and the fact that BH stepped up their attack in 2013, using sophisticated weapons.

• Jonathan’s government went back to the drawing board and decided to purchase sophisticated weapons and to re-organise the military and to discipline saboteurs among them.

• The United States of America refused to sell weapons to Nigeria, and also blocked some other countries like Israel from selling to us. Nigeria then turned to Russia after failing for months to convince western countries, especially the U.S., to supply us with arms

• South Africa also seized millions of dollars meant for the purchase of arms, and the case is still in court.

• President Jonathan requested for one billion dollars to properly equip the military but the senate/ House of Reps refused to approve the request.

• Inspite of these numerous draw backs Nigerian government was able to get weapons from Russia, China, and Pakistan. This included T55 armoured tanks, bullet/bomb proof APCs, JF17 thunder Jets, assorted guns etc; recently

• These being on ground, the troops under went trainings on the use of this weapons and how to fight these insurgents and some are still undergoing training.

• The rate of success achieved, several organizations and countries have pledged their support to fight the insurgents E.g ECOWAS, AU, UN, Congo, Equatorial Guinea etc.

• This shows the great efforts the President and his government have put in place to root out insurgency in our dear country.


• From the records as of today, many towns previously held by Boko Haram have been liberated and residents returning to their homes.

Nigeria’s electoral commission will postpone Feb. 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force time to secure northeastern areas under the sway of Boko Haram, an official close to the commission told The Associated Press on Saturday

When Dr Edem Kodjo vacated his seat as Secretary-General and the OAU could not elect a successor, Dr Peter Onu, as the most senior official was asked to head the OAU Secretariat as Acting Secretary-General from 1983-1985. Indeed, in 1985 when a new Secretary-General was to be elected, several countries requested Nigeria to nominate Dr Onu to run for the election, but General Buhari refused. Ironically, when Edi Oumarou, who came from a town in Niger less than 100 kilometres from Daura, Buhari’s hometown was elected, there were insinuations from some Nigerian papers, it apparently didn't go down well with Nigerians.

INSIDE STORY: Why Buhari Absconded from Debate With Jonathan
Posted By: Breaking Timeson: January 30, 2015In: Breaking News, Nation, NewsNo Comments
By Yemi Adebowale, Mila Yakubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday announced it will not be featuring in the on-going electioneering public debates on national television and radio, being organized by the Broadcast Organization of Nigeria (BON).
According to Garba Shehu, Director Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) in a press statement on Thursday in Abuja, “The Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) powered debate was fraught with fundamental errors from the outset, by wearing the toga of government control, especially being composed mainly of agencies and allies of the incumbent People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) administration.”
However, BREAKING TIMES investigations on Thursday reveal that APC called off Buhari’s participation in the debate considering General Buhari’s poor preparation and his inability to master relevant details on economy, corruption, unemployment, agriculture, power and other key sectors of the economy. A frustrated communications team had spent the last one week trying to prepare the APC presidential candidate for the debate to no avail.
A source in the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation who spoke to BREAKING TIMES on Thursday night on condition of anonymity disclosed that the communications team gave up on Buhari when a foreign consultant flown in from the United States to prep the 72 year old former military Head of State concluded his session hurriedly and angrily as General Buhari showed no improvements in catching up with his mastery of key issues.
According to our source, the APC would not risk anything under the heavens to expose Buhari in his current state to any serious debate.
“It was so bad that even the right pronunciation of certain words was quite difficult. Buhari’s accent was a major issue of concern but the communications team had hoped to get this sorted before the debate but it wasn’t working out. You will notice that even his grasp of the issues during his rallies has been quite incoherent. The team was left with no choice but to call off his participation. Of course they won’t give the public details but this is what happened. The only choice left for the team now is to push Prof. Osinbajo who is more articulate to speak more for the campaign”, the source said.
It will be recalled that in 2011, General Muhammadu Buhari as CPC presidential candidate shunned the same BON debate.

INSIDE STORY: Why Buhari Absconded from Debate With Jonathan

By Yemi Adebowale, Mila Yakubu
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday announced it will not be featuring in the on-going electioneering public debates on national television and radio, being organized by the Broadcast Organization of Nigeria (BON).
According to Garba Shehu, Director Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization (APCPCO) in a press statement on Thursday in Abuja, “The Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG) powered debate was fraught with fundamental errors from the outset, by wearing the toga of government control, especially being composed mainly of agencies and allies of the incumbent People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) administration.”
However, BREAKING TIMES investigations on Thursday reveal that APC called off Buhari’s participation in the debate considering General Buhari’s poor preparation and his inability to master relevant details on economy, corruption, unemployment, agriculture, power and other key sectors of the economy. A frustrated communications team had spent the last one week trying to prepare the APC presidential candidate for the debate to no avail.
A source in the Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation who spoke to BREAKING TIMES on Thursday night on condition of anonymity disclosed that the communications team gave up on Buhari when a foreign consultant flown in from the United States to prep the 72 year old former military Head of State concluded his session hurriedly and angrily as General Buhari showed no improvements in catching up with his mastery of key issues.
According to our source, the APC would not risk anything under the heavens to expose Buhari in his current state to any serious debate.
“It was so bad that even the right pronunciation of certain words was quite difficult. Buhari’s accent was a major issue of concern but the communications team had hoped to get this sorted before the debate but it wasn’t working out. You will notice that even his grasp of the issues during his rallies has been quite incoherent. The team was left with no choice but to call off his participation. Of course they won’t give the public details but this is what happened. The only choice left for the team now is to push Prof. Osinbajo who is more articulate to speak more for the campaign”, the source said.
It will be recalled that in 2011, General Muhammadu Buhari as CPC presidential candidate shunned the same BON debate on the pretext that President Jonathan refused to attend another debate organized by NN 24 TV channel.

GMB think its business as usual, that he contested the election 3 times without proper verification of his certificate doesn't mean it will continue. He should follow due process or take several sit in the gutter.

Let us see who will have the final laugh GEJ or the old retard thats close to his grave. Anyway GEJtill2019

The construction of a new bridge across the River Niger at Onitsha has moved from a dream state to near reality. Just few months after the construction work at the second Niger bridge was flagged off, work has reached a progressive stage.

For those doubters of Thomas, here is a glimpse of what is going on at the bridge.
GEJ winning Team!