President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said the herdsmen wreaking havoc across the country are gunmen trained by the late Libyan President Muammar Gadaffi.
Speaking with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Abuja House in London, Buhari said the gunmen escaped into Nigeria and other West African countries after Gadaffi’s death.
“The problem is even older than us. It has always been there, but now made worse by the influx of gunmen from the Sahel region into different parts of the West African sub-region,” he said in response to Archbishop Welby’s question on the herdsmen crisis.
“They were trained and armed by Muammar Gadaffi of Libya. When he was killed, the gunmen escaped with their arms. We encountered some of them fighting with Boko Haram.
“Herdsmen that we used to know carried only sticks and maybe a cutlass to clear the way, but these ones now carry sophisticated weapons. The problem is not religious, but sociological and economic. But we are working on solutions.”
The President said “irresponsible politics” had been brought into the farmers/herders’ crisis, promising that enduring solutions would be found, and justice done to all concerned.
He said he declared his second-term bid on Monday before his London trip because many Nigerians were “talking too much” about whether he was going to run or not.
On Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl still being held by insurgents for refusing to renounce Christianity, the President said: “We are managing the matter quietly. Making noise would not help. We are collecting as much intelligence as possible, working with the Red Cross and other international organisations.
“There are too many fraudulent people around, who claim they can do this and that. We won’t deal with them. That was how we got the Dapchi girls back, and the Chibok girls.”
Archbishop Welby said it was always a delight to see President Buhari, adding that he would pray for him on his decision to seek a second term.
He later presented President Buhari with a copy of his recent book: “Reimagining Britain. Foundations for Hope.”
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Posted: at 12-04-2018 08:16 AM (6 years ago) | Addicted Hero
he likes blaming others for his failures, y ? pls learn to own up to ur responsibilities Mr President haba
CLOSE YOUR MOUTH IF ITS A WHITE PRESIDENT THAT SAID THIS NOW YOU GUYS WILL ACCEPT IT, AFRICANS!!!!!!!!! GO AND RESEARCH ABOUT LIBYAN CRISIS I KNOW IGBOS IN THIS FORUM WILL A JOY FULL DAY TO ABUSE THE GREATEST PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA SO FAR.
Posted: at 12-04-2018 08:58 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
My brothers and sisters were killed in benue state yesterday and that's how it's been happening, they invade kill and displace people from there homes. Miyetti Allah have been out publicly and accepted their actions that's it's because our governor enforced the anti-grazing law and you here spieling rubish. Igbo people carry sticks protest only you declare them terrorists how long is it going to take to declare the one walking around with guns, maiming and killing people both women and children, old and young
Posted: at 12-04-2018 09:00 AM (6 years ago) | Upcoming
Laughable!. So foreigners all the way from Libya came to Nigeria and have killed over 10000 Nigeria and at the same time threatened the security of this country for over 3yrs now and u don't regard them as " terrorist " but u were quick to label your fellow countrymen (ipob) who were not armed not alone being a threat to Nigerians as "terrorist" . it's unfortunate ghadafi is not alive if not he would have had enough to say about this accusation and how u armed ur Fulani brothers to kill Nigerians and try to shift it on him. Bloody fool.
Posted: at 12-04-2018 09:59 AM (6 years ago) | Hero
CLOSE YOUR MOUTH IF ITS A WHITE PRESIDENT THAT SAID THIS NOW YOU GUYS WILL ACCEPT IT, AFRICANS!!!!!!!!! GO AND RESEARCH ABOUT LIBYAN CRISIS I KNOW IGBOS IN THIS FORUM WILL A JOY FULL DAY TO ABUSE THE GREATEST PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA SO FAR.
U ARE THE BIGGEST IDIOT EVER. U ANIMALLISTIC SUPPORTER OF AN EVIL PRESIDENT
Posted: at 12-04-2018 12:45 PM (6 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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