Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said he did not plan to lose the Boko Haram war as is being suggested by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Jonathan spoke on Sunday in reaction to an interview Buhari granted the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation.



In the interview, Buhari accused the Jonathan administration of deliberately provoking Nigerian soldiers into mutiny by its actions and turning round to arrest and prosecute the soldiers.

He said the past administration, while fighting terrorists, sent soldiers to the battlefield without arms and ammunition.

Jonathan, however, said he tried to protect the constitution, which had had sworn to defend when he assumed office.

The former president, who spoke through his Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, said he did everything within his power to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.

“No responsible government would strategise to lose a war. President Jonathan sworn to defend Nigeria sovereignty and territorial integrity and he did everything possible to achieve that height in the fight against the insurgents,” a text message by Suleiman said.

“It is unfair therefore for Mr. President to perceive such efforts by his predecessor as criminal and treasonable.

“The President should, in an attempt to build this country, make such pronouncements that will further unite us as a people than that those that would divide us. Posterity will judge everybody.”

Buhari had explained that his administration’s investigation into the activities of the immediate past government revealed that instead of procuring arms and ammunition for the soldiers, funds meant for the equipment were shared by government officials.

He said, “We investigated and discovered how funds that were pencilled down for arms procurement were diverted and shared by government officials who served the last administration.

“The government at that time sent the soldiers to the battlefield without arms and ammunition to prosecute the war. That was what led some of them to mutiny. They were arrested and detained because of this.”

Barryp:
Former president Goodluck Jonathan has
hit back at President Muhammadu Buhari
over comments made by the latter on BBC
Hausa. Jonathan said Buhari, during the interview,
lambasted his administration, stating that his
(Jonathan’s) efforts were criminal and in nature
and treasonable. Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan is unhappy with
President Muhammadu Buhari. But, in his response through the former minister
of national planning, Dr Abubakar Suleiman, who
sent a text message to The Punch. “No responsible government would strategise to
loose a war. President Jonathan sworn to defend
Nigeria sovereignty and territorial integrity and
he did everything possible to achieve that height
in the fight against the insurgents. “It is unfair therefore for Mr President to
perceive such efforts by his predecessor as
criminal and treasonable. “The President should, in an attempt to build this
country, make such pronouncements that would
further unite us as a people than that those that
would divide us. Posterity will judge
everybody,” he said.Meanwhile, Senator Musiliu
Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence, is reportedly on the run following reports that the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
may seek to extend its searchlight on the Ekiti and
Osun elections which he oversaw.
Source: https://www.naij.com/679023-ex-president-jonathan-hits-back-president-buhari-comments-bbc-hausa.html

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Sai Buhari!!

egift:
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According to the nonsense you posted here, Jonathan has said nothing. When Goodluck Jonathan say something himself, let us know. Nonsensical bloggers.

Pidggin:
GEJ is truly a good man, PMB has tried relentlessly to tarnish his image, but "Who God has blessed, no man can curse"

Ioannes:


no sir. only one man single handed killed the PDP, badluck egbere jonothing, his royal cluelessness of bayelsa.

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has
hit back at President Muhammadu Buhari
over comments made by the latter on BBC
Hausa. Jonathan said Buhari, during the interview,
lambasted his administration, stating that his
(Jonathan’s) efforts were criminal and in nature
and treasonable.

The Nigerian military did "not possess the appropriate weapons and technology which we could have had if the so-called human rights violations had not been an obstacle," he told the United States Institute of Peace on Wednesday.
"Unwittingly, and I dare say unintentionally, the application of the Leahy Law Amendment by the United States government has aided and abetted the Boko Haram terrorists."

The World Bank has pledged $2.1bn (£1.4bn; €1.9bn) to help rebuild north-eastern parts of Nigeria, wracked by years of Boko Haram militancy, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari says.

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Ioannes:


no sir. only one man single handed killed the PDP, badluck egbere jonothing, his royal cluelessness of bayelsa.

Pidggin:
GEJ is truly a good man, PMB has tried relentlessly to tarnish his image, but "Who God has blessed, no man can curse"