President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed a rather worrisome picture of the war against Boko Haram. He has admitted that the air force is not strong enough to support ground troops in the fight.
Buhari said this while speaking on Good Morning Nigeria, a programme of NTA on Monday.
He said, “The US has high technology, and of course the other developed countries like China. Our case is lack of capacity and effective Airforce.
“The Airforce is virtually non – existent. The fixed wings aircraft are not very serviceable. The helicopters are not serviceable and they are too few. We need Airforce to conduct reconnaissance and support the ground troops.
“The arrangement made by the former government will soon expire. We have made this clear to the Americans and we have made it clear to G7 and we need their cooperation.”
Buhari further vowed to retrieve crude oil money stolen by corrupt Nigerian leaders, saying that crack teams of the Nigerian anti-graft agencies were already on the trail of such funds and that those involved would be prosecuted at the end of the investigations.
He also gave a hint about those to be appointed into his cabinet. He said he would appoint only patriotic Nigerians who were knowledgeable professionals and technocrats.
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