Information
reaching GoldmyneTV indicates that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon
relocate his office to Maiduguri to lead in the fight against the Boko
Haram insurgents group.
This
was part of the decision the president reached with the the service
chiefs during their meeting yesterday at the defence house in Abuja.
Buhari
had in his inaugural speech directed that the command centre of the
military’s fight against Boko Haram be relocated to Maiduguri, the
hotbed of the insurgents, but sources who was privy to the meeting said
Buhari’s decision to relocate the command centre was because he has made
up his mind to also relocate to the terrorist ravaged city.
Abusidiqu
recalls that President Buhari had during his campaign for the 2015
election vowed to “lead from the front” in the fight against Boko Haram
if elected in the country’s forthcoming election.
According
to our source, Buhari told the military chiefs that he will be in
Maiduguri for six months if necessary, to coordinate the fight against
the insurgents, but the service chiefs had to plead that six months is
too long for the president and the command centre to be in Maiduguri.
The
service chiefs tried to pressure the president into abandoning the
idea, but he insisted on keeping to his campaign promise of leading the
fight from the front, the source said.
After
much pressure from the service chiefs, Buhari then agreed to reduce the
period he will stay upon his relocation to Maiduguri, but insisted that
he must move to Maiduguri at least for a few month.
Our
source said the relocation may happen as soon as the president return
from Germany where he is expected to attend the it this weekend.
