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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Boko Haram members are not hungry people, stressing that they sometimes use better ammunition than the Nigerian Army.
Jonathan made this statement on Friday at the launch of the ‘Scars: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum’, a new book authored by Lucky Irabor, former Chief of Defence Staff.
“Boko Haram started in 2009 when I was the Vice-President to the late Yar’Adua. Even when I took over power in 2010 as president, I battled with it until I left office in 2015.
“I thought immediately I left, within a reasonable time, late President Muhammadu Buhari was going to wipe them out but till today, Boko Haram is still here. So the issue of Boko Haram becomes more complex.
“When you wonder where these guns and sophisticated weapons are coming from, you see that external hands are also involved, especially when I was president,” he said.
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Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has dismissed suggestions of a return to the Presidential Villa.
Mrs Jonathan said she cannot return to the seat of power because of the distress facing Nigeria.
The Guardian quoted the former First Lady as saying that she needs peace, and therefore cannot return to the Villa.
She said: “The distress of Nigeria is so much that if God manages to bring you out of it, you should glorify Him.
“Why do you want to go back there? I need peace. My peace is enough.”
Her remarks come as pressure mounts on former President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the 2027 presidential election.
