Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has explained why former President Goodluck Jonathan brought arms with raw cash.
Fani-Kayode while speaking on Channel’s Sunrise Daily said Jonathan opted to acquire arms with cash because the United States and other western countries had placed an embargo on arms purchase.
He said: “There was an embargo on arms purchase in Nigeria and the military needed the arms to fight against terrorists and the only way arms could be bought was through the black market.
“Before the 2015 general election, the military had made sufficient gains in the war against terror because they were able to recover 22 local governments from the terrorists, but all that appears to have been reversed after the elections.
On the war against terror, he said President Muhammadu Buhari should not claim that Boko Haram has been defeated because attacks are still occurring in the North East.
He said “Contrary to the assurance given by the present administration, the war against terror has not been won by the military and people are being killed every day.
“The government had claimed on December 23 that the war against insurgency had been won by the military, but on December 25, some people were killed in Maiduguri, with more casualties in Borno on December 27 and in Adamawa on December 28. It is simply not true that the war against Boko Haram has been won.”