Boko Haram is a fraud - Buhari

A statement from Gen Buhari signed by his
media aide, Shehu Garba.
"The fraud called Boko Haram can be
defeated by denying it a recruitment
base," General Buhari told visiting
leaders of Nassarawa State who came
to congratulate him on his emergence
as President-elect. No religion allows
for the killing of children in school
dormitory, in markets and places of
worship. They have nothing to do with
religion. They are terrorists and we are
going to deal with them as they deal
with terrorists anywhere," he
announced.
Buhari said he is greatly pained by the
destruction of schools in the North-eastern
part of the country, an action he said could
deny thousands of youngsters access to
education and a better future unless
something was done urgently to avert this
tragedy.
"The worst thing anybody can do is to deny
children access to education. That will be
destructive to their lives and we are not
going to allow that to happen," the President-
elect assured.
He announce that his government will help
the states to get more money to improve
infrastructure by ensuring that all federally
collectible revenues are paid directly into the
federation account and each tier of
government given its due share.
"As at now, the government does not even
know how many revenue accounts it has. We
will give all the tiers what is due to them but
will hold them to be accountable as we would
the federal government."
Buhari while describing Nassarawa state as
his own "political laboratory", meaning the
only CPC-controlled state of the 36 others
adjudged the experiment as having been a
success.
"From one state, I now have 22 political
laboratories."
He commended Governor Al-Makura for
surviving his many impeachment plots,
saying "without Nassarawa, there would not
have been an APC."
Signed:
Garba Shehu
Directorate of Media & Publicity
APC Presidential Campaign