» 'US Embargo Forced Jonathan To Buy Arms With Raw Cash' – Fani-Kayode «

FORMERAviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has said
former president Goodluck Jonathan was forced to buy
arms with cash because of the embargo placed on arms
purchase.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast
programme, Sunrise Daily, Fani-kayode dismissed a
statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, who
said Jonathan bought arms with raw cash. The former
minister said contrary to the impression the present
administration wants to create in the minds of Nigerians;
there was nothing wrong with buying arms with cash
under the previous administration. He explained that the
embargo placed on arms purchase by western countries
like the United States of America forced Jonathan to
purchase arms with cash.
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.
“Contrary to the assurance given by the present admin­
istration, 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.”
He further stated that it is not helpful to continuously
blame the present administration for the challenges being
faced at the war front but called on Nigerians to come
together and support the government in the fight against
insurgency. He also advised the government to come
clean about the challenges being faced and stop dwelling
on actions of the previous administration