President Muhammadu Buhari has painted a worrisome picture of the on-going war against Boko Haram , saying that there was not enough air fire power to support ground troops to decimate the terrorists.
He spoke on Good Morning Nigeria, a programme of the Nigerian Television Authority, Monday, in Abuja.
He made the comment while failing to answer repeated questions on whether or not he was able to secure a commitment from America to sell critical equipments to defeat the terrorists.
His words: “Our case is lack of capacity and effective Airforce. The Airforce is virtually non – existent. The fixed wings aircraft are not very serviceable. The helicopters are not serviceable and they are too few.
“We need the Airforce to conduct reconnaissance and support the ground troops.
“The arrangement made by the former government will soon expire.
“We have made this clear to the Americans and we have made it clear to the G7 and we need their cooperation.”
President Buhari vowed to retrieve proceeds from crude oil stolen by corrupt Nigerian leaders.
He said that crack teams of the Nigerian anti-graft agencies were already on the trail of such funds and that those involved would be prosecuted at the end of the investigations.
The President, however, reduced the quantity of the alleged crude oil theft to 250, 000 barrels per day.
He had told Americans during his last week trip to Washington that one million barrels were been stolen daily.
President Buhari also gave an insight into those to be appointed into his cabinet, saying that he would appoint only patriotic Nigerians who were knowledgeable professionals and technocrats who had not been compromised.
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