The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has said the claim by the Boko Haram sect that it is a religious group is a fraud.
He also said the sect would be denied a recruitment base the moment people in local communities realised that its claim of being a religious group was nothing but a fraud.
Buhari said this while receiving a delegation from Nasarawa State which was led by the state Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, at the Defence House, on Monday.
In a statement signed by the Director of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari was quoted as saying, “The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base.
“No religion allows for the killing of children in school dormitory, in markets and places of worship. They have nothing to do with religion. They are terrorists and we are going to deal with them as they deal with terrorists anywhere.”
The President-elect also said he was greatly pained by the destruction of schools in the north-eastern part of the country.
This, he noted, could deny thousands of children access to education and a better future unless something was done urgently to avert “this tragedy.”
“The worst thing anybody can do is to deny children access to education. That will be destructive to their lives and we are not going to allow that to happen,” the President-elect said.
He also said that his government would help the states to get more money to improve infrastructure by ensuring that all federally-collectible revenues were paid directly into the Federation Account and each tier of government given its due share.
Buhari was also quoted as saying, “As at now, the government does not even know how many revenue accounts it has. We will give all the tiers of government what is due to them but we will hold them accountable as we would the Federal Government.”
Buhari while describing Nasarawa State as his own “political laboratory,” meaning the only CPC-controlled state out of the 36 others. He adjudged the experiment as a success.
He said, “From one state, I now have 22 political laboratories.”
He commended Al-Makura for surviving many impeachment plots saying, “Without Nasarawa, there would not have been the APC.”
Earlier, Al-Makura had said he led the delegation to congratulate Buhari on his victory which was not only a victory for him but a victory for Nigerians. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Boko is now a fraud? But why you demanded for their amnesty before? I dey laf says by obj to atiku. :-))) :-))) :-)))
ReplyDeleteBoko is now a fraud? But why you demanded for their amnesty before? I dey laf says by obj to atiku. :-)):-)) :-))
ReplyDeleteNa waoooooo, did u even read the article at all?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 9:10AM, I am pretty sure you are one of those that judge a book by its cover and not its content. The General said, the ideology professed by BH is a fraud and no where did he say BH itself is a fraud. He also went further to categorise them as terrorist and hence to be treated and dealt with as terrorist are all over the world. I only wonder how you passed your WAEC if you cannot read well
ReplyDeleteYes he's right,attack on boko haram is attacks on northerners.Pardon boko haram the way niger delta militants was pardoned.Who said so ? Before he became their speaker representative in sambisa,didn't he have any idea that they were terrorists? Please let us not be only human being with empty skulls.
ReplyDeleteDog can only give birth to dog,snake to snake, hyena to hyena, and scorpion to scorpion, Give Boko haram amnesty, GEJ, few months to assume office they are fraud, Nigerians please read the hand writing on the wall
ReplyDeleteBuhari I want to see what you will probe OBJ and IBB??
DeleteBuhari what we know is you knows about Boko Haram in Nigeria and let us see what will happen as soon as you too over and we need to see how our girls will return back and where they are okay ,Stupid now this your turn to change Nigeria you knows every thing more than others ,If you try give Boko Haram Amnesty that mean you will give all part of Nigeria Amnesty too,
ReplyDeleteHmmmm like seriously tot they were your kings men being slaughtered by FG, so now that you are FG story don change. God ve mercy on us
ReplyDeleteBuhari, said their claim on religion was fraud. And that their recruitment base will be better stopped if communities see them as terrorist instead of religious fighters. He did not say Boko Haram was a fraud. It seems anything that comes out of Buhari's mouth angers GEJ supports. Sorry you will live with this for 4years or even 8 years.
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