How Buhari ‘ll lead action against Boko Haram –Osinbajo

Vice presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has assured Nigerians that General Muhammadu Buhari will lead the military to the North-east to fight the Boko Haram sect as the Commander-In-Chief if voted into office as president.

Prof. Osinbajo who spoke in Abuja yesterday during a town-hall meeting with Act Now Professionals, said as president, the Commander-In-Chief must lead by example. He lampooned President Goodluck Jonathan, accusing him of reneging on his promise to protect Nigerians.

He told the gathering how the Buhari-led government would end the insurgency in the country. He equally revealed how the APC-led government would rescue the abducted Chibok girls, equip the military and give the country a sense of direction.

He said: “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 such a situation, you do not politicise the insurgency like that. You do not point to the opposition and say it was the opposition that is sponsoring it until General Buhari almost lost his life when Boko haram attacked him.

“We must start by understanding that there is a war going on in that part of the country and what the government needs to do is to get the nation behind it, not pointing fingers at the wrong places.

“Secondly, 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 complain of those soldiers who are charged for mutiny? Their complain is that they were not given equipment and they want them to go to battle. So, how do you say that? How does anybody think that you can fight the insurgency without ammunitions?

“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 solider. You cannot lead from the back. You cannot fail to go to where the insurgency is taking place and that is what Buhari has been saying.”

Speaking on corruption, Osinbajo revealed that there would be severe consequences for those engaged in looting public treasury. He said APC will run a transparent government, where public officials would be accountable to the people.

Prof. Osinbajo said creation of jobs for the country’s teaming youth is one of the major agenda of APC if elected into office. “Jobs and creation of employment opportunities have been major issues in the   manifesto of the APC,” Osinbajo said.

He re-echoed the party’s earlier promise that the Buhari-led government will 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,” he re-echoed.

He stated further: “We will give free healthcare to children. We would follow the example of Osun state where such has been done successfully. “