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General News of Wednesday, 7 December 2022

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Tinubu defends Buhari's track record on security

President Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu President Buhari and Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has defended President Buhari's record on security.

According to the former Lagos governor, Buhari has reduced the insecurity challenge he met on the ground in 2015.

Tinubu made the comment in an exclusive interview on the BBC that was published on Tuesday, December 6.

When asked how he would tackle insecurity, considering it has persisted since the APC took over in 2015: He said: "It has reduced. I will defend him. Then, 17 local governments and about four states where had flags of foreign jihadists in Nigeria. That is no more. That is long gone."

"To start chaos is easy. To bring normalcy and redecorate is more difficult. Here we are, Buhari has degraded but not completely eliminated ISWAP."

"They will talk briefly of lethal weapons and ammunitions and technology equipment that could have helped with the clean up of those. The West is yet to feel comfortable enough with a Buhari administration to sell us the arms and technology necessary."