Buhari ’ll Lead Military To Fight B’Haram – Osinbajo The presidential running mate of Rtd. Gen. Mohammed Buhari, Prof Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has revealed how his mate will tackle insecurity, especially Boko Haram if they are voted in. Buhari and Osinbajo Buhari and Osinbajo Punch reports that Prof Osinbao said yesterday that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will lead the military to the North-East to fight the Boko Haram insurgents if voted into power on February 14. READ ALSO: SEE What Buhari’s Daughter Caused On Twitter Yesterday Expressing his concern over the level of insecurity in Nigeria during a question and answer session with a group of youths in Abuja, Osinbajo made it known that the Goodluck Jonathan administration has failed in his promise to protect Nigerians. Osinbajo assured the youths present at the Abuja town hall meeting in Abuja that the APC presidential candidate and himself will be exemplary leaders. The town hall meeting held under the aegis of Act Now Professionals also recorded Osinbajo telling the gathering of youths how the Buhari-led government would end insurgency in the country, especially in the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. He also explained how the APC-led government would rescue the over 200 female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, seized since April 14 2014; equip the military and give the country a sense of protection. Osinbajo said, “The first priority is security and to question what has gone wrong in the military. Then, funding the military adequately and ensuring that the Commander-In-Chief leads from the front. But when he was Commander-In-Chief, Buhari led from the front as a soldier. You cannot lead from the rear. You cannot fail to go to where the insurgency is taking place and that is what Buhari has been saying. “I think that the major problem with the question of security is again that it was not prioritised by this government. It was not taken seriously enough from the beginning. When you have a situation, you do not politicise the insurgency like that. You do not point to the opposition and say it is the opposition that is sponsoring it until General Buhari almost lost his life when Boko Haram attacked him. Advertisement “We must start by understanding that there is a war going on in that part of the country and what the government need to do is to get the nation behind it, not pointing accusing fingers at wrong places. “We need to look at the whole question of funding and equipping the military. The military at the moment is not equipped. I worked with Femi Falana on the mutiny of some solders and what is the complaint of those soldiers who were charged with mutiny? Their complaint is that they were not given equipment and they wanted them to go to battle. So, how do you say that? How does anybody think that you can fight the insurgents without ammunitions?” Osinbajo also reiterated that there would be no hiding place for corrupt politicians and perpetrators of graft as the country’s laws that forbid looting of public treasury would be activated. He said the APC will run a transparent government where public officials would be accountable to the people. Re-asserting that creation of jobs for the country’s youths tops the party’s agenda, Osinbajo said, “Jobs and creation of employment opportunities have been major issues in the manifesto of the APC”. Osinbajo also re-echoed the party’s earlier promise that the Buhari-led government would place jobless and poor Nigerians on monthly stipends of N5,000 and N7,000 respectively. “The idea is to take 2.5 million people out of poverty every year. We will give free healthcare to children. We will follow the example of Osun State where such has been done successfully,” he said. It would be recalled that just yesterday, with the various uproar about the result of the All Progressives Congress’ presidential canadidate, Rtd. Gen Mohammad Buhari, a lawyer has filed a lawsuit saying his certificate is not genuine. READ MORE: naij/372962-buhari-ll-lead-military-to-fight-bharam-osinbajo.html
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 08:07:47 +0000
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