B’Haram is a fraud, says Buhari

The President-elect, Muhammadu
Buhari, has said the claim by the
Boko Haram sect that it is a
religious group is a fraud.
He also said the sect would be
denied a recruitment base the
moment people in local
communities realised that its claim
of being a religious group was
nothing but a fraud.
Buhari said this while receiving a
delegation from Nasarawa State
which was led by the state
Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, at the
Defence House, on Monday.
In a statement signed by the
Director of the APC Presidential
Campaign Council, Mallam Garba
Shehu, Buhari was quoted as
saying, “The fraud called Boko
Haram can be defeated by denying
it a recruitment base.
“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.”
The President-elect also said he
was greatly pained by the
destruction of schools in the north-
eastern part of the country.
This, he noted, could deny
thousands of children 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 said.
He also said that his government
would help the states to get more
money to improve infrastructure by
ensuring that all federally-
collectible revenues were paid
directly into the Federation Account
and each tier of government given
its due share.
Buhari was also quoted as saying,
“As at now, the government does
not even know how many revenue
accounts it has. We will give all the
tiers of government what is due to
them but we will hold them
accountable as we would the
Federal Government.”
Buhari while describing Nasarawa
State as his own “political
laboratory,” meaning the only CPC-
controlled state out of the 36
others. He adjudged the
experiment as a success.
He said, “From one state, I now
have 22 political laboratories.”
He commended Al-Makura for
surviving many impeachment plots
saying, “Without Nasarawa, there
would not have been the APC.”
Earlier, Al-Makura had said he led
the delegation to congratulate
Buhari on his victory which was not
only a victory for him but a victory
for Nigerians.