Jonathan Lied: Buhari purchased more arms in 2 years than his 5 years

General Muhammadu Buhari purchased more arms for Nigeria armed forces as Head of State than President Goodluck Jonathan bought in 5 years despite spending more on paper, elombah.coh has been told.
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday challenged his principal opponent, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major General Muhammadu Buahri (rtd) to explain to Nigerians how he spent his Defence budget while he served as the nation’s Head of State.
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At the commencement of the presidential campaign in Lagos, Jonathan announced “He did not buy a single rifle”, referring to Gen Buhari while he served as a military Head State, lamenting that Nigeria “had great soldiers but who had no arms”.
President Jonathan who was addressing a crowd of party supporters at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos noted that the fight against terrorism is dragging on because of lack of equipment owing to the fact that previous governments including that of Gen Buhari failed to equip the Nigerian soldiers.
Chiding Buhari who said he will fight insecurity, Jonathan said: “Ask him, when he was the head of government, did he buy one rifle for the Nigerian military? They refused to equip the military. Ask them what they did with their defence budget that they did not equip the military.
But speaking to Elombah.com this morning, a political analyst said General Buhari 2 years in government got more arms than Jonathan’s first 5 years as president despite the trillions he spent on that.
Richard Mayungbe said: “The Total military hardware purchases by Jonathan’s government from 2009-2013 stand at $349m. This is for 5 years as against GMB’s total of $940m in less than 2 years in office. The question that now arises is where is all the rest of over a trillion naira President Jonathan budgeted and spent on security and defence go?
Responding to Elombah.com report on the matter on Facebook, Mr Mayungbe refered us to a report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute which detailed Nigeria arms purchases during the periods under review.