President Muhammadu Buhari has justified the continued detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki and everyone in connection with the $2.1 billion arms scandal.
During his maiden Presidential Media Chat, Buhari said they (apparently referring to Dasuki) cannot be allowed to go for medical check up abroad while about two million internally displaced persons don’t even know their parents.
Buhari said “Technically if you see the kinds of atrocities those people committed against the country. If they jump bail, see the former President wrote to the governor of central bank and said give N40bn to so so and so, and then he gives account and you release him to go and see his doctors in London, while about 2 million IDPs who don’t even know their parents; what kind of country is that?”
On insurgency and the abducted girls, he said “We want to be sure that the girls are complete, safe and sound before we attempt any form of negotiation on the girls. We are still keeping our options open. If a credible leadership of Boko Haram is ready for negotiation without any condition we are ready to listen to them.”