Senator Patrick Leahy Disagrees and Reacts to The Critisms of Nigerian President to U. S.,Over Aiding Boko Haram.

Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, United States, reacts to comment made by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari which suggested that the U.S. aided and abetted Boko Haram activities in Nigeria.
Senator Leahy who initiated the popular Leahy Law that prohibits America from selling of sophisticated arms to countries with questionable human rights records, has proved it false to the statement made by President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria,

In a reaction on his personal website, Leahy said, that before now “It is well documented by the State Department and by respected human rights organisations that Nigerian army personnel have, for many years, known to have engaged in a pattern and practice of gross violations of human rights against the Nigerian people and others, including summary executions of prisoners, indiscriminate attacks against civilians, torture, forced disappearances and rape.”

According to the Democratic Party senator,  “Rarely have the perpetrators been prosecuted, tortured or punished.
This abusive conduct not only violates the laws of war, it creates fear and loathing among the Nigerian people whose support is necessary to defeat a terrorist group like Boko Haram.”

The senator also accused President Buhari of  ignoring “the undisputed fact that most Nigerian army units have been approved, under the Leahy Law, for U.S. training and equipment. Only those particular units against which there is credible evidence of the most heinous crimes are ineligible for U.S. aid.  And even those units can again become eligible if the Nigerian government takes effective steps to bring the responsible individuals to justice.
 
He said“I strongly agree with President Buhari about the need to defeat Boko Haram, and I have supported tens of millions of dollars in U.S. aid to Nigeria for that purpose. But rather than suggest that the United States is at fault for not funding murderers and rapists in the Nigerian military, he should face up to his own responsibility to effectively counter Boko Haram. He should direct his attention to the Nigerian military, and the Nigerian courts, and clean up the units implicated in such atrocities,” The senator said.

In a reaction today, President Buhari said his statement at the US Institute of Peace, has been widely misinterpreted