Former President Goodluck Jonathan has lambasted his successor, President Muhammadu Buhari. In a Facebook post on Tuesday 19th September, 2017 signed on his behalf by his aide, Reno Omokri.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and President Muhammadu Buhari
“However, we want to advise the Buhari administration, which has announced plans to extend the military show of force to the South-South and the South-West through Operation Crocodile Smile, to tread with caution. Nigeria is no longer under military rule. In a democracy, you separate the military from the police. The military is not meant to fight criminality within a nation because they are trained to fight a nation’s external enemies.”
“It is the police that are trained to fight crime internally. When the military starts doing the job of the police and starts fighting or doing what they call a ‘show of force’, the effect will not be to reduce crime. The effect will be to intimidate people.”