Buhari is using arms I procured to fight insurgency – Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that the current administration was fighting the war against Boko Haram with the arms bought under his administration.

He told France 24 that the insurgency caught the country unawares but that his government laid a solid foundation for it to be wiped out.

He said, ''The new government is working hard and I believe they are still using the equipment we procured. Though the budget is still being debated, no new equipment has been bought; so even those equipment the President is using to prosecute the war against Boko Haram are those equipment we procured.

''When you have a president, everybody looks up to the president. But when you no longer have the president, it becomes difficult for the party to have strong leadership.

''I believe whatever you observe will be sorted out. Leaders of the party, elders of the party have been meeting and all this perceived disagreement will soon be sorted out.

''Every political party has misunderstanding, it is not new, it is always there. From the beginning of PDP, even before I got to Abuja as a vice-president and president, there were instances when the chairman of the party will be asked to step down. And some officers leave from time to time when there are issues. So, what is happening is not new but I promise you that PDP will stabilize.

''In fact, by March this year, we are going in to elect officers at the lowest levels of the wards to the local government, to the states, to the zones, then of course the national officers will be elected; that is just in March. So the party will bounce back, whatever you are perceiving, it always happens and we will get over it”, he concluded.