President Muhammadu Buhari in the interview granted to the UK Telegraph has touched upon the issues of the corruption, the Boko Haram insurgency, the Chibok girls and many others.
Naij.com has gathered top best quotes from the last Buhari’s interview:
1. Some Nigerians claim is that life is too difficult back home, but they have also made it difficult for Europeans and Americans to accept them because of the number of Nigerians in prisons all over the world accused of drug trafficking or human trafficking.
2. I don’t think Nigerians have anybody to blame. They can remain at home, where their services are required to rebuild the country.
3. As long as we can establish the bona fides of the leadership of Boko Haram, we are prepared as a government to discuss with them how to get the girls back. But we have not established any evidence of a credible leadership.
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4. I receive conflicting information about the status of Shekau. Some say he has been removed and replaced by a less charismatic terrorist leader. I think he must be on the run, because out of the 14 local government districts that Boko Haram used to call their caliphate, they now do not control any now.
5. I am not asking for any of additional military help beyond training missions yet. I want to be briefed first on the situation from the Nigerian military and also the police.
6. I personally was very disappointed that the previous government resorted to mercenaries. I was also disappointed by the recent revelations of how military allocations were also misappropriated. How is it that Nigeria’s military, which has a good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of 774 local governorates from Boko Haram? They have to ask for mercenaries from South Africa? How the mighty has fallen!
7. One of the biggest suspect is in Britain now, although I am not going to name that person. But Britain has earned our respect in the way it deals with these matters. Our only problem is that it seems to be too thorough and it takes too much time. If there are obvious cases, like bank accounts, infrastructure houses and hotels, I would hope they could do it quicker, so that we can claim these things back promptly.
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8. There are also Nigerians finding their way to Syria too. I don’t know which side, but they may be fighing for Isil. How many, I have no idea.
9. I think we should be very worried because with technology, Boko Haram and other terrorists have become very mobile in all continents, not only in Africa but also in Europe, America and Asia.
10. The legal process in this country is slow, sometimes a little too slow for my liking. But we still respect the system because we know it is thorough and fair.
Buhari has once again preferred to be interviewed on foreign platforms before speaking with Nigerian journalists.
The president was often criticised for speaking on the crucial issues to foreign media during his frequent trips abroad.
But according to Femi Adesina, presidential media aide, the world is a global village; therefore it does not matter where the president addresses the media; whether local or international.
However, Buhari’s predecessors also favourited foreign media organisations. President Olusegun Obasanjo’s post-presidency (2009) interview on Hardtalk could be scarcely defined as dignifying.
On his own part, Goodluck Jonathan often privileged to talk to CNN about current state of the nation.
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