Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday advised the APC presidential candidate, against committing suicide by planning to personally lead the war against Boko Haram terrorists, if elected president.Sambo gave the advice at the PDP Presidential Rally in Yola, Adamawa asking how many meters Buhari can run..
He described the plan as a suicidal proposal, asking “will he (Buhari) go with a suicidal proposal?”
“I want to seize this opportunity to draw our attention to a publication, last week, credited to the vice-presidential candidate of the APC that their plan is to ask their presidential candidate, retired Maj-Gen. Buhari, to lead the war against Boko Haram.I want to ask you a question, a retired 73-year-old General …can he run? No!
“Okay, let’s assume that he can run; how many metres can he run before he falls? The training of aGeneral that retired in 1985 is it the same training that can address a modern war? No!
“Now we are fighting war with drones, with new ideas that our President, a PhD holder, a scientist that is using (his knowledge) to address the security issues of this country.
