As part of his strategies to win the forthcoming elections, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has highlighted the various ways through which he would permanently end insecurity challenges in Nigeria if elected President.
The methods were unveiled by Buhari during his meeting with the United States Secretary of State, John Kerry, in Lagos on Sunday.
According to an APC source who was privy to the meeting stated that the strategies included the elimination of corruption, transparency in the management of defence budgets and an overhaul of the nation’s security apparatuses.
He further said that Buhari highlighted the plans when Kerry expressed concern about the spate of insecurity in the North-East.
The source added, “Kerry said the US was interested in someone that could curb the Boko Haram menace. He said the concern of President Barack Obama was that terrorism should not spread beyond the North-East as it seemed to be doing so gradually.
“Kerry asked what the strategy of the APC would be in fighting insecurity.”
It was further gathered that Buhari said since he knows that corruption and lack of political will are some of the problems militating against the war against insurgency, he would tackle them headlong if elected.
Buhari was said to have told Kerry that the Goodluck Jonathan administration had spent billions of dollars on defence and that a large portion of the money was diverted by those in power.
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