All Progressives Congress leader, General Muhammadu Buhari has called on divine intervention to assist Nigeria in tackling the scourge of the Boko Haram menace.
The former leader said the sect had nothing to do with religion and was a mere terrorist group.
Speaking during a courtesy visit by the Governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Yero, Buhari said, “When this question of Boko Haram started I’m sure it was on record that the first statement I made about 18 months ago was that no religion advocates what is happening. So basically it is not the case of religion or ethnicity when they kill children in schools in the North-East; they kill teachers; they burn churches , they burn mosques, they burn motor parks , they burn markets.
“Where is religion there? Where is ethnicity there? This is terrorism and I hope the government will come to grip with it. Nigeria is capable of dealing with this. We dealt with the civil war for 30 months we fought and we kept Nigeria one and God’s willing we are going to keep Nigeria one.”
Narrating the immediate aftermath of the assassination attempt on his life, he said, “When I came out of the car there was blood on my dress I did not know how it came about because I did not have a scratch on my body but there were dead bodies all over the place. The security tried to move me to the other side and we just got one of the vehicles passing by and they brought me home.”
“I hope the law enforcement agencies and the chief executives of the states will succeed in securing the country. May God help us.”
He said, “We were on our way then a car suddenly started to trail us and was trying to get close to my vehicle but the vehicle following mine did not allow that. When we reached Kawo, near the market, he had to wait for other vehicles coming from the other end. It was the right side of the market on the left side is the road coming into Kaduna before the overhead bridge.
“From the right side, they detonated the bomb but Allah saved us. The three vehicles on my convoy were affected. I came out unhurt but I saw many people on the ground, some were dead while others were seriously injured. My aides were injured but they were treated and discharged.
“Nobody had written me or called to threaten me. The incidence took me by surprise.”
This man should take several seats in an empty Stadium. Talking from both sides of his mouth. Mtcheeeew.