{"id":2668,"date":"2019-01-17T15:50:35","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2019-01-17T15:50:58","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T15:50:58","slug":"buhari-reveals-sponsors-of-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-reveals-sponsors-of-boko-haram","title":{"rendered":"Buhari reveals sponsors of Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has said forces outside the country were the sponsors of Boko Haram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-13\"><\/div>\n<p>Buhari said this on Wednesday at a town hall meeting organised by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and Daria Media with support from the MacArthur Foundation in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>While urging Nigerians to support his administration in defeating Boko Haram, he said, \u201cWe need a lot of money for the military, for spare parts, communication gadgets, arms and ammunition. Boko Haram is certainly supported by forces outside Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that the National Working Committee of the APC, supported his emergence as the party\u2019s flag-bearer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said it much earlier at the National Executive Committee of our party that if my party recommended me to its executive, I would contest. I did that to to save time and wide discussions among members of the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dSo, those who felt very strongly about it left the party and the party nominated me. Why? It is because I felt that the three fundamental objectives we campaigned in 2015 are still relevant,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has said forces outside the country were the sponsors of Boko Haram. Buhari said this on Wednesday at a town hall meeting organised by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and Daria Media with support from the MacArthur Foundation in Abuja. 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