President Muhammadu Buhari in the interview granted to the
UK Telegraph has touched the issues of the corruption, the
Boko Haram insurgency, the Chibok girls and many others.


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1. Some Nigerians claim is that life is too difficult back home,
but they have also made it difficult for Europeans and
Americans to accept them because of the number of Nigerians
in prisons all over the world accused of drug trafficking or
human trafficking.

2. I don’t think Nigerians have anybody to blame. They can
remain at home, where their services are required to rebuild the
country.

3. As long as we can establish the bona fides of the leadership
of Boko Haram, we are prepared as a government to discuss
with them how to get the girls back. But we have not
established any evidence of a credible leadership.

4. I receive conflicting information about the status of Shekau.
Some say he has been removed and replaced by a less
charismatic terrorist leader. I think he must be on the run,
because out of the 14 local government districts that Boko
Haram used to call their caliphate, they now do not control any
now.

5. I am not asking for any of additional military help beyond
training missions yet. I want to be briefed first on the situation
from the Nigerian military and also the police.

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6. I personally was very disappointed that the previous
government resorted to mercenaries. I was also disappointed
by the recent revelations of how military allocations were also
misappropriated. How is it that Nigeria’s military, which has a
good record across west Africa, cannot claim back to 14 out of
774 local governorates from Boko Haram? They have to ask
for mercenaries from South Africa? How the mighty has fallen!

7. One of the biggest suspect is in Britain now, although I am
not going to name that person. But Britain has earned our
respect in the way it deals with these matters. Our only
problem is that it seems to be too thorough and it takes too
much time. If there are obvious cases, like bank accounts,
infrastructure houses and hotels, I would hope they could do it
quicker, so that we can claim these things back promptly.

8. There are also Nigerians finding their way to Syria too. I
don’t know which side, but they may be fighing for Isil. How
many, I have no idea.

9. I think we should be very worried because with technology,
Boko Haram and other terrorists have become very mobile in
all continents, not only in Africa but also in Europe, America
and Asia.

10. The legal process in this country is slow, sometimes a little
too slow for my liking. But we still respect the system because
we know it is thorough and fair.

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Buhari has once again preferred to be interviewed on foreign
platforms before speaking with Nigerian journalists.
The president was often criticised for speaking on the crucial
issues to foreign media during his frequent trips abroad.


But according to Femi Adesina, presidential media aide, the
world is a global village; therefore it does not matter where the
president addresses the media; whether local or international.
However, Buhari’s predecessors also favourited foreign media
organisations. President Olusegun Obasanjo’s post-presidency
(2009) interview on Hardtalk could be scarcely defined as
dignifying.

On his own part, Goodluck Jonathan often privileged to talk to
CNN about current state of the nation.

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