Kankara Kidnap Was Meant To Embarrass My Government – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that the abduction of 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, was targeted at embarrassing his government.

PMB recently revealed this when he met with the rescued Kankara students and representatives of their parents at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Katsina.

According to him, it is not a coincidence that the bandits struck on the very day he visited his home town, Daura after about 18 months, so he suspects foul play.

He added that the security agencies must step up to do their job because whether they like it or not, they will have to provide security for the country.

His words, “I normally visit my home town because I swore by the holy Quran that I will safeguard the nation’s constitution, hence I must hand over power on May 29, 2023 to the next government.

“So, if God spares my life, I’ll definitely come home. This informed my visits home.”

On security agencies, “This is their job. They signed for it. Whether they like it or not, they will have to provide security for the country.”

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Muhammadu Buhari GCFR (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician currently serving as the President of Nigeria, in office since 2015. He is a retired major general in the Nigerian Army and previously served as the nation’s head of state from 31 December 1983 to 27 August 1985, after taking power in a military coup d’état. The term Buharism is ascribed to the Buhari military government.

He unsuccessfully ran for the office of president of Nigeria in the 2003, 2007, and 2011 general elections. In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the March 2015 general elections. Buhari won the election, defeating the incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan. This marked the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost to an opposition candidate in a general election. He was sworn in on 29 May 2015. In February 2019, Buhari was re-elected President, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.

Buhari has stated that he takes responsibility for anything over which he presided during his military rule, and that he cannot change the past. He has described himself as a “converted democrat”.

Muhammadu Buhari was born to a Fulani family on 17 December 1942, in Daura, Katsina State, to his father Hardo Adamu, a Fulani chief, and mother Zulaihat. He is the twenty-third child of his father. Buhari was raised by his mother, after his father died when he was about four years old.