Muhammadu Buhari

=== Mediation with Boko Haram ===
In 2012, Buhari's name was included on a list published by [[Boko Haram]] of individuals it would trust to mediate between the group and the Federal Government.<ref>[http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/boko-haram-names-buhari-5-others-as-mediators/ Boko Haram names Buhari, 5 others as mediators – Vanguard News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119224236/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/11/boko-haram-names-buhari-5-others-as-mediators/ |date=19 January 2015 }}. Vanguardngr.com (1 November 2012). Retrieved on 4 November 2016.</ref> However, Buhari strongly objected and declined to mediate between the government and Boko Haram. In 2013, Muhammadu Buhari made a series of statements, when he asked the Federal Government to stop the killing of Boko Haram members and blamed the rise of the terrorist group on the prevalence of [[Conflict in the Niger Delta|Niger Delta militants]] in the South. Buhari stated<ref name="pbk2">[http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/stop-killing-boko-haram-members-buhari-tells-fg/ Stop Killing Boko Haram Members – Buhari Tells FG] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119223446/http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/stop-killing-boko-haram-members-buhari-tells-fg/ |date=19 January 2015 }}. pointblanknews.com (2 June 2013)</ref> that "what is responsible for the security situation in the country is caused by the activities of Niger Delta militants [...] The Niger Delta militants started it all".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/yet-crush-boko-haram-jonathan/|title=Why we're yet to crush Boko Haram – Jonathan|date=13 December 2014|website=vanguardngr.com|access-date=19 January 2015|archive-date=19 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119225925/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/yet-crush-boko-haram-jonathan/|url-status=live}}</ref> He also questioned the special treatment including close to $500 million a year paid to 30,000 militants under the amnesty programme since 2013<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22357597 Has Nigeria's Niger Delta managed to buy peace? – BBC News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119113737/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22357597 |date=19 November 2018 }}. Bbc.co.uk (1 May 2013). Retrieved on 4 November 2016.</ref> by the Federal Government and deplored the fact that Boko Haram members were killed and their houses destroyed.
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