It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of
It is time for hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Nigerias stability and unity is threatened by internal tension, conflict and corruption, from the boko haram insurgency in the north to violent militancy in the south and separatist aspirations in the east. Amid all this turmoil, how effective in securing the country is the Nigerian Army . My guest is army chief Lieutenant General tukur yusuf buratai. Are his forces playing a constructive or destructive role, as nigeria tries to keep a lid on its problems . General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. General tukur yusuf buratai, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. A couple of years ago your president , new president , set you a Clear Mission to eradicate boko haram. He said it could be done within months. It would be fair to say, would it not, that you have failed in that mission . We have not failed. We have achieved that particular mandate, as at that time. We were appointed on the 10th of
wife and now she s trying to get somebody to kill him. a pretty juicy story. exactly. detective moreno had the tipster run his story down from the top. the man was name mohammed, and he said he was a part-time actor who worked at a convenience store. as he told it, he d been friends with benefits for the woman for years. they d met for the occasional casual sex. then she asked him for help in finding a hit man to kill her husband. he says you know what, i m sleeping with this guy s wife, but at the same time i didn t want this guy to be killed. and that was his concern. he couldn t sleep with that whole idea that this guy was going to get killed. but the detective wondered if he was being sold a cock and bull story since this mohammed guy didn t seen to know very much about the woman he claimed to be sleeping with. the detective challenged him. all the information he had was her first name. he didn t know where she lived. he didn t even know who her husband was. while the
the boynton beach p.d. with a lurid story to tell. his married lover, he said, was shopping for a hit man. detective alex moreno didn t know what to make of this walk-in. at first, when he s giving you this information, you don t know what to think, you know. here s a guy who s claiming that he s sleeping with a guy s wife. and now, she s trying to get somebody to kill him. it s a pretty juicy story. exactly. reporter: detective moreno had the tipster run his story down from the top. the man was named mohamed and he said he was a part-time actor who worked at a convenience store. as he told it, he d been friends with benefits with a woman for years. they met for the occasional casual sex. then she asked him for help in finding a hit man to kill her husband. he says, you know what, yeah. i m sleeping with this guy s wife. but at the same time, i didn t want this guy to be killed. and that was his concern. he couldn t sleep with that whole idea that this guy was gonna get kil
of this walk in. at first, when he s giving you this information, you don t know what to think, you know. here s a guy who s claiming that he s sleeping with a guy s wife. and now, she s trying to get somebody to kill him. it s a pretty juicy story. exactly. reporter: detective moreno had the tipster run his story down from the top. the man was named mohamed and he said he was a part-time actor who worked at a convenience store. as he told it, he d been friends with benefits with a woman for years. they had met for the occasional casual sex. then she asked him for help in finding a hit man to kill her husband. he says, you know what, yeah. i m sleeping with this guy s wife. but at the same time, i didn t want this guy to be killed. and that was his concern. he couldn t sleep with that whole idea that this guy was gonna get killed. reporter: but the detective wondered if he was being sold a cock and bull story since this mohamed guy didn t seem to even know very much about