FOR THE RECORDS!!! in the 1980s, Buhari chased away the Maitatsine while he was Head of State. For those Nigerians who think Islamic insurgency is new, the Maitatsine was like Boko Haram, and they were killing people in Borno and Kano; and it took Buhari to chase them away. And that is because he is a strong leader. We need a strong leader now to chase away Boko Haram or Boko Haram will chase us away. Buhari will deal with insurgency because he has done that before. Many Nigerians would remember that Borno was attacked by Chadian rebels and Buhari, as an officer of the Nigerian Army, chased them into nearly heading to Ndjamena. He had crossed the Chad Lake when President Shehu Shagari called him back. If he didn’t do that, Borno would have been overrun by Chadian rebels. And since he did that till today Chad has never crossed to Nigeria to fight us. It takes a strong leader to do that; not an ‘I get contrary advice on issues leader’: a leader who realizes that the buck stops at his desk, and will not pass it on to his visible and invisible enemies, no matter their tactics and game plan.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 11:34:47 +0000
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