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a comprehensive forensic audit of accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 2
Buhari: Let’s recover Nigeria’s sovereignty from Boko Haram lChibok girls’ abduction signals end of sect, says Jonathan Simeon Ogoegbulem, Anule Emmanuel and Abdulwahab Isa Abuja
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ormer military Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday came down hard on Boko Haram, which has hidden under Islam to unleash terror on Nigeria. Buhari, in his second intervention following the growing insurgency in
the north, said in a statement that there was no justification for the sect’s wanton disregard for the sanctity of human life as epitomised by its orgy of killings and terror against women and children. He called on Nigerians, irrespective of political affiliation, to put aside their differences and rally round the government to recover the nation’s sovereignty from the insurgents. He also condemned
the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State and expressed the hope that they would soon be freed from captivity. His statement came just as President Goodluck Jonathan said the abduction of the pupils would lead to the end of the reign of terror which Boko Haram has unleashed on Nigeria. According to Buhari, C O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 3
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APC asks National Assembly to probe military spending Yekeen Nurudeen Abuja
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United States First Lady, Mrs. Michelle Obama campaigning for the release of the Chibok girls in Washington
he All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the National Assembly to urgently initiate a probe into how the budgetary allocations to the military have been spent in recent years. This, the APC said, would help to establish whether or not the military is adequately empowered to effectively tackle the worsening scourge of terrorism in
the country. The party in a statement in Lagos yesterday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the National Assembly, in the exercise of its constitutional duties, must invite service chiefs and other relevant government officials to shed light on this issue. It said the probe became necessary because of the insinuation in certain quarters about the ability and capabil-
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ity of the nation’s military in the ongoing battle against Boko Haram. “The Nigerian military comes highly recommended globally because it has excelled, since 1960, in peacekeeping operations around the world. In fact, NiC O N T I N U E D O N PA G E 4
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