Atiku says Boko Haram would not exist if He was President

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The Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar said that the Boko Haram insurgency would not be a challenge if he was President of Nigeria.Abubakar made  this statement in Yola yesterday at the distribution of relief materials to over 50,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at American University of Nigeria (AUN) drawn from all over IDPs camps across Adamawa State.


It was learnt that the distribution was part of programmes lined up to commemorate Atiku’s 70th birthday celebrations.


The relief materials were distributed at Saint Theresa Catholic Church and the Jamatu Nasrul Islam Headquarters in Yola.


According to Atiku: “If you recall, while we are in office in 2002, such a small uprising ,very similar to this Boko Haram, reared their head in Yobe State. We smashed it immediately.


“We never heard anything about it again, until we left government.


“So I think it requires a steadfast leadership, a leadership that is decisive.”

He regretted that Boko Haram took over seven of the 21 local government area of Adamawa, he added that what he did to prevent Boko Haram from completely over running Adamawa State is between him and Almighty God.

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