Ben Ayade, the governor of Cross River State and a presidential candidate, believes Nigerians should be grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari for confronting the country’s criminal elements.
According to Ayade, President Buhari has done a lot to curb Boko Haram’s activities in the north, and the Nigerian military has defeated the rebels.
In an interview with Channels TV on Thursday morning, Ayade said the country’s security concerns might have been far worse if not for the Buhari administration’s attempts to solve them.
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Governor Ayade stated that the country’s insecurity is a worldwide issue aimed at keeping Nigeria unstable, and that it is much above President Buhari’s capabilities.
The governor claimed that there is an international conspiracy against Nigeria, adding that the county is extremely lucky to have Buhari as the president.
He said: “Security has a very unique international dimension. Nigeria has so many essential elements. Solid minerals have also become a source of challenge for the nation.
“International community, locally and across the whole globe has an eye on us. Most of the time in Africa if you have such solid minerals it’s just an invitation for a crisis because they will keep you unsettled so that they can do the exploitation.
“If President Buhari wasn’t president, the security condition of this country could have been worse but because you don’t trace the historical background of where we are, you won’t see what he has done.
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“The security issue we have is a global issue that is focused on keeping Nigeria unstable. It is far beyond the capacity of Nigeria’s president, it must be something the nation must cry to the international community and seek sophisticated digital, no contact warfare to be able to address it.
“There is an international conspiracy against this nation. Nigeria is extremely lucky by the capacity of the sitting president.”
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