How I ended Maitatsine crisis, by Buhari Saturday, 27 December 2014 Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) retired General Muhammadu Buhari has said if elected he would end Boko Haram insurgency like he ended the Maitatsine crisis in the 1980s. Buhari disclosed this in a video of his meeting with youth volunteers in Lagos released yesterday. In the video Buhari spoke on wide range issues ranging from the economy, stablilising the naira, to politics and his stewardship at the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF). He also repeated his call for peaceful elections and for citizens to protect their votes. He spoke about how his regime’s success in fighting domestic terrorism, a very important point in history to remember as Nigeria battles Boko Haram. He reiterated his decisiveness in dealing with enemies of the Nigerian state. He recounted an episode when Chadian troops killed Nigerian soldiers, during the regime of Hissene Habré. This was despite the fact that Nigeria was giving petroleum products to Chad at that time. “Unfortunately for him, [Habré] those Nigerian soldiers were under me”, Buhari said, to laughter from the audience. Speaking on Maitatsine crisis, the former head of state, recounted how dealt with it after the leader of the group was first exiled by the then Emir of Kano, then returned and was killed by the police. When the group resurrected in Adamawa, Buhari said: “I flew into Adamawa as head of state, and that was the last you heard of Maitatsine. Buhari recounted how the first N2 billion of the N53 billion spent by the PTF was in Lagos, on projects like the Iju Waterworks. He said 12, 000 kilometres of roads were done by the PTF.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:45:35 +0000
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