US says Boko Haram fight under Jonathan was corrupted

– Samantha Power says Goodluck Jonathan’s
administration did not show will in ending
Boko
Haram insurgency
– She says President Muhammadu Buhari
showed he was serious
– She urged soldiers to protect liberated
towns
The United States has provided an
insight into why the country did not help
Nigeria to combat
Boko Haram at the height of insurgency
during the administration of Goodluck
Jonathan.
Ambassador Samantha Power who is the
US ambassador to the United Nations
said that the country was not impressed
with Nigeria’s political will and
corruption tendencies.
Vanguard reports that Power made this
revelation at the American University of
Nigeria
to round off her visit to IDPs camps in
Adamawa state on Saturday, April 23.
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She disclosed the U.S government was
monitoring the political will of Nigeria
then to
tackle the insurgency but was not
convinced of
the country’ seriousness due to the
corrupt
tendencies that were associated with the
issue
of those fighting the insurgency.
“But, when the Muhammadu Buhari led
Federal Government came on board, the
U.S recognizes his full commitment to
stop the insurgency and the anti-
corruption crusade,
the U.S has no alternative than to back
the present administration.”
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muhammadu
Buhari
“The U.S, as part of our new resolve and
commitment is now training a battalion
of soldiers that will soon return home to
face the insurgents headlong. The
battalion will be a high performing one
equipped with the American terrorism
combat and techniques on
their return.”