He did not elaborate on which regimes or foreign countries he was referring to.
Buhari dismissed Badeh and the entire military top brass who served under his predecessor as president Goodluck Jonathan in a demonstration of the newly-elected leader’s quest for a fresh start in the battle against Boko Haram.
The Nigerian president, in his remarks in Cameroon, also complained of a lack of resources, saying: “After the promises of G7 countries to help the region defeat Boko Haram, we are waiting for training, equipment and intelligence assistance.”
Buhari visited Washington last week but returned empty-handed because the United States is prohibited by law from sending weapons to countries that fail to tackle human rights abuses, a stance the Nigerian leader said was helping Boko Haram.
Boko Haram has stepped up its attacks since Buhari took office in May, unleashing a wave of violence that has claimed more than 800 lives in just two months.
In another gruesome attack reported Thursday, Boko Haram militants slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages on the shores of Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria on Monday, a fisherman and a resident told AFP.
– Buhari’s regional diplomacy –
The extremist group, whose name loosely translates as “Western education is forbidden”, launched their armed insurgency in 2009 and claim to want to found a strict Islamic caliphate in and around northeastern Nigeria.
Since taking office, Buhari has also visited Chad and Niger, which have also suffered from attacks by the Islamist fighters and sent troops to take part in operations.
Buhari is expected to visit Benin, a small country on Nigeria’s western border, on Saturday after his return from Cameroon.
Nigeria’s army, meanwhile, said it had rescued 59 people held hostage by Boko Haram in the country’s restive northeast, including 29 women and 25 children.
Mallam Modu Goni, one of the hostages rescued, said a large number of militants had abducted him and several fellow villagers last week, and that he was forced to go “several days without food before the army rescued us yesterday”.
Earlier this week, the army said it had freed 30 other hostages, including 21 children.
About The Author
