President Buhari says those who are found guilty in the $2.1 billion arms deal fraud will be sent to jail. He said this in a recent interview with BBC Hausa
“Remember during the campaigns, we said Nigeria is facing three things and nobody disputed that assertion. Firstly, there was widespread insecurity, a war in the north-east, while the country’s oil was being stolen at random in the south; secondly, there is massive unemployment.
Thirdly, bribery and corruption was basically suffocating the country. If we don’t kill these monsters, this country would go down. That is why those who stole monies meant for arms procurement and shared it among themselves are being arrested and are being shown documents so that they would be asked to refund the money or face prosecution. We would use those documents to prove what they stole, collect all the assets acquired from the proceeds and then jail them”he said.
Buhari also spoke on the mutiny of soldiers during the last administration
“I want people to understand that after I settled down and got a good grasp of what the country was going through, we removed all the service chiefs and appointed new ones. We also undertook an investigation and found out how the monies meant for arms procurement were diverted and shared by officials in the last administration.
They sent the boys to the warfront without arms and ammunition, leading some of them to mutiny after which they were arrested and detained. We have been able to raise money and fund the war. Go and ask the people of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, how many of their local governments were under the control of insurgents? And how many are currently still under the insurgents.
Maybe we would not win the war completely by the end of the month, but the insurgents have now resorted to putting on explosive vests on young children, mostly girls aged 15 and below and then sending them to markets, mosques and churches to detonate. Boko Haram itself knows that the era of them taking over communities and local governments is over. If people would be fair to us, they would know that the Nigerian Army has basically met the deadline and are winning the war.
You cannot find any significant number of Boko Haram members in Adamawa and Yobe, only maybe in about three local governments of Borno, in the area around our borders with Chad Republic. They are not in a position to threaten Nigeria now, so we have won”he said Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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I surppot Mr president anti corruption war. Employment is the option B to defeat boko haram.
ReplyDeleteEnter your comment... Pls. & Pls. Mr president those who stolen our money especialy arms deals and $200,000 billion dollars during sunusi lamido tenure as a CBN Governor now emir of kano that people should be prosucuted and any body found guilty make sure should be sentence with 20yrs imprisoment without fine
ReplyDeleteI bet with my life pmb no fit..
ReplyDeleteJust buying time with nigerian very soon everything will be forgotten
PMB no fit what?
DeleteWether you like it or not, he's getting things done and will still get many more done. God has placed him there to rescue this country from an imminent collapse. May God continue to guide and keep PMB...KajJoe
What is the evidence that he is getting things done. If you listen to lie Muhammad then you are a learner
DeleteYou were amongst them o bcos your name was mentioned...They gave you 300k USD and two Bullet Proof SUV all from that same money.
ReplyDeleteIf he can do that it will be great but I fear he is worried about being exposed to an allegation that he got something from it too. Just like the haliburtion investigation that is being sidelined
ReplyDeleteincluding u mr president
ReplyDeleteMr president it's unfortunate that they used from that same money that should have been used for arms to give you your allerged "entitlement" so how do you see how other people that were given money for services from that same money. All of you are guilty period.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it taking that monster time to respond by providing the evidence of the things pmb have done? God will judge every one of you toiling with the souls of mankind and those taking pleasure in them that do this evil in this country Nigeria.
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