As the nation suffers the pains inflicted by insurgency
daily, the DG of Buhari Campaign Organisation, Gov
Rotimi Amaechi has said the country needs a strong-
willed leader like General Muhammadu Buhari urgently
to come in and contain terrorism and other vices in the
country.
Amaechi who stated this at an interactive session with
journalists in Lagos said when Chadian rebels invaded
Borno State in the past, it was Buhari that chased them
away, saying it takes a strong leader to achieve such
security feat.
In his words, “How many Nigerians remember that
Buhari is a strong leader? You need a strong
leader to chase away Boko Haram or Boko Haram
will chase us away. There are reports that 32
persons have been killed in Bauchi and Gombe, so
you need a Buhari to actually fight the insurgents.
“The attitude of the federal government that it is a
northern business is bad. Let them go there. It
may not be what they intend but that is the way
people read it. Whether people say it or not, you
will see clearly that the federal government has
not done well enough in the area of insurgency.
“ It is not because we have a bad military. Our
soldiers are well trained . It is because they are
not well funded. Between the period that the
money gets to the military and the period it is
released, some amounts of money disappear.
“So, we have to deal with the issue of corruption and
that is where the military is having problem. Because if
they are not properly equipped, they cannot fight
insurgency.
“You want to kill 50 military officers who are saying
please equip us properly; we can’t go to the battle front
without the right weapon; now you are sending a soldier
to fight a man with RPG and you gave him old AK47
that cannot even shoot. You are risking his life. They
have a right to protest that. You don’t kill them for
that.”
Amaechi assured that a Buhari-led government if
elected in 2015 will deal with issues realistically.
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