Following claims by the former Chief of
Defence Staff,Air Chief Marshall Alex
Badeh,that Boko Haram defeated the Nigerian
Army because they lacked weapons, the
immediate past National Security Adviser Col.
Sambo Dasuki (rtd) on Thursday affirmed that
the administration of former President
Goodluck Jonathan acquired sophisticated
weapons which helped the Nigerian Armed
Forces recovered many local governments that
had been occupied by Boko Haram terrorists,
especially in the past one year.
The former Chief of Defence Staff who was
sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari on 13,
July made this known during the pull out
ceremony organized for him last week.In an
interview he granted PRNigeria, a website
which the military regularly uses to publicize its
activities, he said...
“The armored tanks have comprehensive
NBC protection system, just as we
deployed Mine-Resistant Ambush
Protected (MRAP) vehicles that we bought
and could withstand improvised
explosive device (IED) attacks and
ambushes. The vehicles had protected our
troops from the land mine threats.
“We are glad that we also provided
assorted Armoured Personnel Carriers to
transport troops to the battlefield. They
are armed for self-defence and to provide
protection from attacks from shrapnel
and small arms fire.
“All these were acquired in the last one
year after years of frustration by Western
powers who denied us of the equipment
and sabotage our efforts to acquire same
from other sources which are reasons for
some delay in delivery,
“It was unfortunate that some elements are
frustrating the efforts as we even had to query
some suppliers for delay in delivery of arms
and ammunitions,”
“Not only did we ensure that the elections
were peaceful, Shekau has never spoken
to threaten anyone again since then,”
“In attempt to rubbish individuals for
whatever reasons, political or otherwise,
we should be careful not to rubbish
sensitive institutions and their personnel
that might still be in active the service.
“It is unfortunate that some elements hide
under the cover of anonymity in the
media to rubbish some of the sacrifices
we made. They should the take the
courage to come out publicly by
identifying themselves with their baseless
allegations, ” Sambo said in obvious
reactions to allegations of
mismanagement of billions of naira
budgeted for the purchase of weapons
when he was in office.
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