Bring Back Our Girls: Buhari laments state of Nigeria’s military

“How are the mighty fallen, for Nigerian military which recorded great achievements in Burma, Zaire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Sudan now to be helped by Niger, Chad and Cameroon”. These words sum up President Muhammadu Buhari’s lamentations, yesterday, on the state of the military he inherited as he hosted a delegation of Bring Back Our Girls led by Dr. Oby Ezekwesili and Mrs. Mariam Uwaise,

The delegation paid him a visit at the presidential Villa in furtherance of their campaign for the release of over 200 abducted Chibok girls from Borno State.

Responding to the 13-points demand by the group, President Buhari regretted what he described as the conflicting reports of the terrorist attacks, saying that the delayed response by the former government gave impetus to the escalated attacks and promised to rebuild the ravaged communities.

Said he: “It’s unfortunate that the security and federal government conflicting report initially presented the government and its agencies in a very bad light both nationally and internationally because the law enforcement agencies and the government were conflicting each other sometimes within hours or within weeks. That is not very impressive. The delayed and late reaction by former government and its agencies was very unfortunate as I said.

Our efforts to end insurgency

President Buhari who gave a detailed account of the efforts to end insurgency in Nigeria however assured the country that all hopes were not lost.

“I think you will agree that the present government take the issue very seriously. Within a week of being sworn in, I visited Niger, Chad and would have visited Cameroon but for the invitation of the G7 to go to Germany and listen to them. I’m very impressed with the leadership of this important group (G7) other than the United Nations itself. They are very concerned about the security in Nigeria led by abduction of the Chibok girls by the terrorists.

Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari (2nd L) and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (L) listen to coordinator of the Bring Back Our Girls group Oby Ezekwesili (C) as she speaks about the ongoing campaigning for the release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists during a meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari in Abuja, on July 8, 2015. AFP PHOTO

“When the terrorists announced their loyalty to ISIS, the whole attention again was brought squarely to Nigeria. And now we are rated with Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria , this is very unfortunate.

“After Ramadan, I will visit Cameroon to see the President there and then Benin Republic. But on the efforts we have been making, we will not disclose some of them publicly because it will not be consistent with security. But I assure you that under the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the military have met. The ministers of defence have met. We the presidents have met here in Abuja except the President of Cameroon who was represented by his Minister of Defence.
By Levinus Nwabughiogu

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