President Muhammadu Buhari on
Wednesday in Abuja said
corruption was largely responsible
for the inability of the Nigerian
military to quickly defeat Boko
Haram.
Speaking at an audience with the
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Dr Ahmed
El-Tayeb , President Buhari said that
the loss of 14 local government
areas to Boko Haram had greatly
tarnished the reputation of the
Nigerian Armed Forces.
He, however, noted that with
measures taken by his
administration to curb corruption
and provide better weaponry,
logistics, training and welfare for
soldiers on the frontlines, the
Nigerian military had now almost
totally incapacitated Boko Haram
as a fighting force.
He added that the military had
successfully recovered all territories
that were lost to the terrorist sect.
“When we curbed corruption and
removed the injustice in the
military, we began to make
progress,” he said.
While welcoming the support of
Muslims across the world for
Nigeria’s war against insurgency,
the president said that the war
against terrorism was also a war
against injustice, and must be
supported by Islam and all the
major religions.
“You can’t kill the innocent in
churches or in mosques and shout
Allahu Akbar,” he added.
Buhari noted that the visit of El-
Tayeb and his expression of
solidarity with Nigeria in the war
against terrorism was a clear
indication of global Muslim support
for Nigeria against the unjust
killing of the innocent by terrorists.
The president reaffirmed his
administration’s determination to
resettle all persons who were
displaced by the Boko Haram
insurgency.
He thanked the Grand Imam for the
donation of educational and
medical supplies as well as
provision of scholarship to
Nigeria’s Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs).
El-Tayeb had earlier told Buhari
that Muslims all over the world
shared Nigeria’s pains from
terrorism.
He said they would continue to
support efforts to ensure the return
of peace and unity among all faiths
in the country.
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