President Muhammadu Buhari has accused some powerful countries of being the brain behind the raging insecurity in Nigeria.
He alleged that such powerful countries were bent on destroying Nigeria.
Buhari stated this on Monday in Kano at a presidential lunch after his tour around the state to inaugurate projects by the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje administration.
The President said, “One can clearly see how these foreign countries took on our weaker part of Nigeria, the Lake Chad where we have reserves of crude oil, and cause serious mayhem there with consistent attacks.”
“But for Governor Zulum who is serious with his duty, the story of the area around Lake Chad would have been different by now.”
Buhari also recalled that in 2015 when he assumed office, only four of Borno’s 17 local government areas were not in the hands of Boko Haram.
“And we are aware that people are using the insurgents who are fraudulent to cause problems, but today most of these local governments [areas] are free,” he said.
The President added that the masterminds of the insecurity knew that Borno was potentially a rich state.
“That was why when I was a governor there, I went to Niger, Chad and even Cameroon because you need your neighbours to survive,” he said.
The President, who expressed happiness with Governor Ganduje for the infrastructural development in Kano State, also commended governors of Lagos, Kaduna, Katsina and Kogi states for performing in their respective states.
He also urged the elite to work on the education of youths, saying the lack of education among them is a problem.
President Buhari also cracked a joke saying he has huge qualifications, including that of suffering and enjoyment while reminding that he was in prison and had contested the presidency on several occasions.