A former military Head of State and
national leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),
yesterday declared that Nigeria was
capable of defeating the Boko
Haram insurgents.
The former Army General stated this
72 hours after he escaped death in
a bomb blast in Kaduna State.
According to him, the Federal
Government should understand that
the Boko Haram sect does not
belong to any religion, but mere
terrorist group.
Buhari, who stated this while
receiving the Kaduna State
Governor, Mukhtar Yero, on a
sympathy visit to him, said the sect
could be crushed with the same zeal
the 30-month old civil war that
claimed over one million Nigerians
was brought to an end.
Buhari said, “When this question of
Boko Haram started, I’m sure it was
on record that the first statement I
made about 18 months ago was
that no religion advocates what is
happening. So basically it is not the
case of religion or ethnicity when
they kill children in schools in the
North-East; they kill teachers; they
burn churches , they burn mosques,
they burn motor parks , they burn
markets.
“Where is religion there? Where is
ethnicity there? This is terrorism
and I hope the government will
come to grip with it. Nigeria is
capable of dealing with this. We
dealt with the civil war for 30
months. We fought and we kept
Nigeria one and God’s willing, we
are going to keep Nigeria one.”
The former presidential candidiate
while commiserating with the
families of those that died in the
blast, said, “When I came out of the
car, there was blood on my dress I
did not know how it came about
because I did not have a scratch on
my body, but there were dead
bodies all over the place. The
security tried to move me to the
other side and we just got one of the
vehicles passing by and they
brought me home.”
“I hope the law enforcement
agencies and the chief executives of
the states will succeed in securing
the country. May God help us.”
Buhari noted that those who
planned to eliminate him did not
threaten his life before the foiled
attempt on his life last Wednesday.
Speaking earlier in an interview with
the Hausa Service of the Voice of
America in Kaduna on Thursday,
Buhari lamented the death of
innocent people who were at the
scenes of the twin blasts.
He said, “We were on our way then
a car suddenly started to trail us
and was trying to get close to my
vehicle but the vehicle following
mine did not allow that. When we
reached Kawo, near the market, he
had to wait for other vehicles
coming from the other end. It was
the right side of the market on the
left side is the road coming into
Kaduna before the overhead bridge.
“From the right side, they detonated
the bomb but Allah saved us. The
three vehicles on my convoy were
affected. I came out unhurt but I
saw many people on the ground,
some were dead while others were
seriously injured. My aides were
injured but they were treated and
discharged.
“Nobody had written me or called to
threaten me. The incidence took me
by surprise.”

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