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HILLARIOUS TWEETS: Nigerians Report Happenings To Buhari While Away

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<b>Nigerians on social media on Friday created a new hashtag #BabaWhileYouWereGone with which they are now running social commentary across social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.</b></div>
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The hashtag, which appears to have gone viral, essentially speaks to the return of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, to Nigeria after almost two-week sojourn in the United Kingdom.</div>
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The hashtag is being used by many supporters of the Buhari/APC campaign and social media savvy followers to report to him what transpired in the country during his absence.</div>
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All day long, the hashtag has been a vehicle of light-hearted bantering and humour, which panders to satirical sleights and commentaries, while also gaining notoriety for excoriating the Buhari and APC opposition.</div>
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The hashtag apparently underlines the genius of Nigerians in finding comic relief from any event or situation, whether tragic, frivolous or insignificant.</div>
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Some of the posts deploying the hashtag include:</div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PdpNigeria">@PdpNigeria</a> informed Nigerians your party <a href="https://twitter.com/APCNigeria">@APCNigeria</a> was behind the ongoing fuel scarcity. Hahahahahaha<br />
— ©Blueblood™ (@Ola_Olatunji) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ola_Olatunji/status/573860281857736704">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> "<a href="https://twitter.com/BabangidaRuma">@BabangidaRuma</a>: PDP claiming Cameroonian road as part of transformation. Too much lies! <a href="http://t.co/4D6bXcF3dL">pic.twitter.com/4D6bXcF3dL</a>"<br />
— Buhari Volunteers (@GMBVolunteers) <a href="https://twitter.com/GMBVolunteers/status/573951074060660736">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JGoodlucktweets">@JGoodlucktweets</a> moved seat of power to Lag,bribed our pple in $$$$.They collected his bribe & still dey chant <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CHANGE?src=hash">#CHANGE</a><br />
— ©Blueblood™ (@Ola_Olatunji) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ola_Olatunji/status/573857772707708928">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> GEJ finally found his erection after six years of PATIENCE. <a href="http://t.co/JIRZV9XWIh">pic.twitter.com/JIRZV9XWIh</a><br />
— Dimeji Mudele (@DimejiMudele) <a href="https://twitter.com/DimejiMudele/status/573953075611852800">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JGoodlucktweets">@JGoodlucktweets</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OBJ?src=hash">#OBJ</a> didn't appear in same foto when <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shagari?src=hash">#Shagari</a> was 90.I no know who avoid who <a href="http://t.co/kBHVQLJHta">pic.twitter.com/kBHVQLJHta</a><br />
— ©Blueblood™ (@Ola_Olatunji) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ola_Olatunji/status/573865680463921155">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> we used power lines for 'jagirova epo moto' because light 'nor dey' <a href="http://t.co/EDvPVGCVDb">pic.twitter.com/EDvPVGCVDb</a><br />
— Trumi (@TrumiFleet) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumiFleet/status/573898545956306944">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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“<a href="https://twitter.com/iSlimfit">@iSlimfit</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BabaWhileYouWereGone?src=hash">#BabaWhileYouWereGone</a> Reno Omokri was trying to look for one of the 1.5Million Jobs his boss created. <a href="http://t.co/R9JeQWuOOf">pic.twitter.com/R9JeQWuOOf</a>” 😂😂<br />
— GMB15 || BBOG (@sar_GENT) <a href="https://twitter.com/sar_GENT/status/573965542870155264">March 6, 2015</a></blockquote>
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HILLARIOUS TWEETS: Nigerians Report Happenings To Buhari While Away

Nigerians on social media on Friday created a new hashtag #BabaWhileYouWereGone with which they are now running social commentary across...

Fayose More Desperate Than Jonathan, Says Fayemi

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<i>During an interview monitored on Adaba 88.9 FM, a former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, spoke on an audio tape about how the June 21, 2014 governorship election was purportedly rigged in the state. <a href="http://www.punchng.com/politics/fayose-more-desperate-than-jonathan-fayemi/">JOSIAH OLUWOLE</a> monitored the interview.</i></div>
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<i><b>Recently, an audio file was released detailing how the Ekiti 2014 governorship election was rigged. Why did you go ahead to congratulate Fayose on June 22 with this information at your disposal?</b></i></div>
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I am glad we have come to this point in Ekiti. Even those who were deluded into believing that the voters in Ekiti voted against our party are beginning to see the comprehensive grand plan. You raised a pertinent question and I would like to answer that question. Yes, I was very careful in the couching of my statement. I said if this is the will of the Ekiti people… The qualifier there is the word ‘if’. If it is the will of the Ekiti people then I accept, but the second paragraph went into great detail, stating all of what you heard, the harassment, the arrest, the intimidation and the grand plan from Abuja, I spoke about all that.</div>
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But I also then said, that for me, the peace of Ekiti was paramount and that at that particular time, I chose peace first, justice later. Why did I say that? Part of the grand plan which is not in this tape, which you will hear later in a subsequent tape, was to kill as many Ekiti people. If people had gone out to protest, they would have been killed. Are you saying that Segun Oni lost in Ifaki? Are you saying Niyi Adebayo lost in Oye? We had 226, 000 members in our party and the votes declared for us was 120,000. You are suggesting that 100,000 of our voters either voted against us or did not vote.</div>
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That is the implication and that these people will be happy to vote for an opposition, that is the other implication. And of course, if you listen to the tape you will hear of a duplicate copy of the INEC ballot papers and computers. But was I really ready for Ekiti people’s blood to be spilled? I am not in politics as a blood-sucking ogre and I am not going to play politics on the grounds of anything but myself. I knew we were going to come to this point and those who want to challenge me on this should read my past interviews.</div>
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I had predicted we were going to get to this point because I knew blow by blow what transpired and some of the other elements who were not even involved at this level, who were involved at the Abuja level had also spoken to me about the role they played in what transpired in Ekiti, which helped us in preventing it in Osun.</div>
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So, Ekiti had to be the sacrificial lamb. People have asked me why now, why are you releasing it now? We are releasing it now because it is also part of the grand plan, we are releasing it a few days to the election, election as supposed to be February 14 and the tape was released because this was the plot for Lagos, for Oyo, for Rivers, Imo.</div>
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Specific states had been chosen to be militarised during this election and to use exactly the same compromised military officials. Why did Brig. Gen. Aliyu Momoh come for the Ekiti election? Because Brig. Gen. Dikko, the Brigade Commander here, refused to be a pun. Dikko blatantly told the then Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, to his face that he was not going to be his agent of manipulation and rigging and those who are aware of what Dikko did in the Ilaje/Ese-Odo federal constituency election in Ondo know why they cannot risk leaving such a professional officer here to conduct the Ekiti election. That is why after Momoh had supposedly delivered in Ekiti, they then decided that Brigadier Adeyemi, who was the Brigade Commander in Osun, had to be moved so that Momoh who had no business in Osun, because he was commanding a totally different brigade and Osun has its own brigade, was taken to Osun for the same purpose.</div>
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But we were able to counter that, thankfully. However, the issue is now out. If Ayo Fayose is telling any man in Ekiti that that is not him, then you know this is a man who is an inveterate liar. His voice cannot be mistaken anywhere. A two-year old in Ekiti will tell you this is Ayo Fayose.</div>
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<i><b>What is your party, the All Progressives Congress, doing to ensure that a scenario like this does not play out in the coming elections?</b></i></div>
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That is part of what we are doing now. We released this tape…the military is scampering now all over the place. Beyond this, we are also taking steps and those steps I cannot disclose here on air. But we are prepared.</div>
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<i><b>The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has postponed the elections on the grounds that the military would not be able to secure the ballot as they would be battling Boko Haram. What does this portend for our democracy?</b></i></div>
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If you want to take an extreme view on this, there is no other word for it than treason. The upper echelon of the military is guilty of treason against the state because the first duty of any government is security and the welfare of the people. If INEC was ready by and large to conduct an election and an institution that is responsible for an aspect of the election refuses to oblige, that institution is acting unconstitutionally. And when you act unconstitutionally like that against national security, you are committing treason. That is the extreme view. If you subject it to just an objective analysis, that Ok, you said because of Boko Haram, that you cannot guarantee security, the military hierarchy admitted that 14 local government areas are affected by this out of the 774 local government areas. In 1999, elections did not take place in Bayelsa State because of militant activities but it took place in the other 35 states and the FCT. That election later took place in Bayelsa a month after.</div>
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So, there is no reason you could not have isolated the 14 local government areas affected by Boko Haram and carry on with the 760 local government areas left. But of course, we all know that this is not about security. This is about a desperate government and a desperate President that is afraid of losing, a loss that is so imminent that everybody can see and feel around them, including the President. The military became a wiling tool. Why would they not be a willing tool? You saw the way a general (Momoh) was spoken to on that day. A general in the military was insulted and derided as if he was a nobody because they have allowed their institutions to be desecrated and I keep saying that even in the military there are so many Sagir Koli (the captain who leaked the audio tape) who are unhappy about their profession being desecrated by these elements.</div>
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<i><b>There are theories that the President Goodluck Jonathan government may not relinquish power on May 29, do you believe these conspiracy theories?</b></i></div>
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Well, I am not even sure whether to call them conspiracy theories any more. I have heard credibly …at least there is an element within the ruling class, considering this option. We are back to 1993, pre-June 12. We are at that stage now and you have people who just have contempt of the ordinary people of Nigeria. There is a section of the ruling party that is considering the possibility of not going into elections. I have received what I consider solid information on this, but ultimately it will fail, just as these things have failed in the past. I don’t see the provision within the law that they will use in justifying this. Yes, I am aware they have reconvened the National Assembly and this is a matter that is likely to come before the National Assembly, maybe using the Doctrine of Necessity again, but I believe that Nigerians will resist this with every fibre of their being.</div>
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<i><b>What is the APC doing with the audio file, are you submitting it to security agencies, besides releasing it to the public?</b></i></div>
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We are taking all the appropriate constitutional steps to ensure that this does not go unpunished. There are soldiers willing and ready at the appropriate time to testify in court beyond Koli.</div>
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<i><b>Don’t you feel the audio tape will be forgotten like that of the $3 million bribe scandal that rocked the House of Representatives in 2012?</b></i></div>
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You can understand why Mr. Fayose is doing what he is doing, including the lies about Gen. Buhari. He knows that the minute this election takes place, and a genuine winner emerges, he is as good as history. That is why he is doing what he is doing. He is a desperate man; he is even more desperate than Jonathan. He is fighting for his life. He is one of the apostles of interim government. I should let you know that. He believes that all his atrocities will come back to haunt him. The judges they have beaten up who cannot talk now, the civil servants they have harassed, the solders, even Gen. Momoh should be pitied because he is a victim, he wants promotion. It takes a very tough person to resist the kind of filthy lucre that these people offer.</div>

Fayose More Desperate Than Jonathan, Says Fayemi

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VIDEO: With Buhari, My Re-Election Will Be Tougher - Jonathan

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<b>President Goodluck Jonathan says his re-election will not be easy because he is faced with a stronger opposition.</b></div>
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Jonathan spoke yesterday on <b><i>Kakaaki</i></b> programme on the African Independent Television (AIT). The president emphasised that the opposition was today stronger for him than it was in 2011. He, however, said that the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) still had an edge over the opposition in Nigeria.</div>
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“Globally, it is more challenging for a president to secure a second term than the first tenure because people get disappointed when their expectations are not quickly met by those they voted for.</div>
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"If not for the defectors from the PDP that gave the opposition its strength.</div>
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"The opposition would crumble like a pack of cards, if those defectors were to quit the opposition".</div>
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Jonathan said: “I agree with you, it (his election) was easier (in 2011), but PDP is still the dominant party. There is no polling unit in Nigeria where you don’t have members of the PDP.</div>
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"Yes, for one reason or the other, within the party, people get angry and may even vote against PDP; but in terms of membership of the PDP, there is no party that has that spread.</div>
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“So, PDP still has the most formidable structure. PDP has better chances of winning a national election. Even the opposition will tell you if they’re realistic. Who has strengthened the opposition? Are they not the PDP elements? If you remove the PDP election from the opposition, they’ll just crumble like a pack of cards”.</div>
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The president said he believed that Nigerians should re-elect him because he had done well. He said re-electing would enable him to stabilise the various sectors of the economy in the next four years. He said if Nigerians compared the situation of the country before he became president and to his achievements in the last four years, they would want him to continue for another four years. The president described as a wicked fabrication, the allegation that he was plotting to remove the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, before the 2015 general elections.</div>
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Reiterating his commitment to free, fair and credible elections, he said no right thinking leader would want to create a situation of chaos in his/her country. Jonathan also called on the political leaders in the country to shun violence, saying “I don’t see any reason for violence during elections”.</div>

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PHOTOS: PDP Silenced As Buhari Returns

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<b>The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari  on Friday returned to the country from London, after weeks of absence.</b></div>
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Buhari’s return has finally put to rest the controversy generated by his absence.</div>
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General Buhari whose absence in the country two weeks ago sparked off controversy  with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its supporters alleging that Buhari was hospitalised  in London for cancer treatment.</div>
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It would be recalled that the  APC presidential candidate had  on February 19, 2015  left the country to address the Royal institute Academy  London otherwise known as Chatham House. </div>
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Fielding questions from journalists who kept vigil at the airport, Buhari who arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe  International Airport at exactly 5.45 am amidst fanfare and jubilation by supporters, Buhari said he was alive and mentally alright describing his outing abroad as a normal human exercise.</div>
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Buhari said “I went to rest that is all I did and I am here  alive , hail and hearty.”</div>
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PHOTOS: PDP Silenced As Buhari Returns

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to the country from London, af...

Mrs. Jonathan Right That Buhari Is Brain Dead - PDP

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<b>The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) on Thursday rose in defence of the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, saying that she was spot on in her assessment of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) as being "brain-dead".</b></div>
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The Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, in response to the APC presidential campaign organisation in Abuja, said: "Mrs Jonathan was absolutely right. To say that Buhari is "brain-dead" is an understatement and to suggest that he is suffering from dementia is nothing new.</div>
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"The first lady has spoken in a courageous and forthright manner and, most important of all, she has spoken the bitter truth. Instead of crying like spoilt little brats and complaining, the APC and the Buhari campaign organisation should live with that bitter truth and leave her alone.</div>
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"She has every right to express herself in any way that she deems fit and she is entitled to her opinion. This is especially so given the fact that her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, is in the presidential race.</div>
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"Buhari’s general disdain for women and their opinion are well known. This is a man that said that he would scrap the office of the first lady if he is elected president.</div>
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"If he is not ready to face public scrutiny and criticism for his oftentimes irresponsible, retrogressive, nonsensical and asinine views, he should quit the presidential race and consider retiring from politics.</div>
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"Our counsel to the APC is as follows: leave the first lady alone or prepare yourselves for a relentless verbal blitzkrieg, the likes of which you have never seen before."</div>

Mrs. Jonathan Right That Buhari Is Brain Dead - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) on Thursday rose in defence of the First Lady, Mrs. Patience J...

We Will Recover Chibok Girls Alive, Says Jonathan

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<b>Almost one year after over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, and possibly encouraged by the inroads the Nigerian military has made in recovering some territories from Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan has again promised that his government is not relenting in its efforts to rescue them and reunite them with their families.</b></div>
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The president, who spoke when he appeared on the African Independent Television (AIT) programme <b><i>Kaakaki</i></b>, expressed optimism that as the military continues to narrow the area of territory held by Boko Haram in the North-east, the kidnapped girls were still alive and would be recovered.</div>
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He premised his confidence on the fact that the girls were still alive, stating that had they been killed by the terror group, their corpses would have been displayed for the whole world to see and to instill fear.</div>
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“Some territories are still in the hands of Boko Haram. But we promised that we must get the girls. The good story is that they have not killed them because the terrorists, when they kill, they display.</div>
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“They use it to intimidate the whole society. The girls are alive. We will get the girls. Luckily, we are narrowing down the area of their control. So we will get them,” he said.</div>
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Jonathan, in the hour-long programme, also admitted that his government underestimated the Islamist sect, but with the increased capacity of the military, which had taken possession of more than 65 per cent of the military hardware required to rout the group, he stated that the remaining territories still under the control of the terrorists would soon be recaptured.</div>
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“At the beginning, probably we did not really estimate the capacity of Boko Haram. It is obvious. Boko Haram started as a non-violent group led by (Mohammed) Yusuf, limited to around Maiduguri area and parts of Yobe. They had not even spread to Adamawa.</div>
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“Just like every group of youths or young people who are criminally inclined, over the period they expanded their network and linked up with other terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda and other similar brands in the world.</div>
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“So they continued to build their capacity and it got to a point that for you to tackle them in the kind of environment they operate, you need some specialised equipment and we don’t manufacture these equipment. That is why the strategy changed. So it was not deliberate,” he said.</div>

We Will Recover Chibok Girls Alive, Says Jonathan

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NEWS FLASH: Buhari Returns From London

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<b>Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari in the early hours of Friday arrived the country from his three weeks visit to the United Kingdom.</b></div>
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The flight from London arrived the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 5.40am.</div>
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Buhari stepped out of the arrival hall after airport protocols at about 6.20am to the waiting arms of anxious reporters and supporters.</div>
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NEWS FLASH: Buhari Returns From London

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari in the early hours of Friday arrived the country from...

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