President Muhammadu Buhari said he has built personal cordial relationship with the neighbouring countries, stressing should anyone disturb him, his Niger Republic neighbours will defend him.
President Buhari made this assertion while speaking at the official commissioning of Nigeria Customs Service Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.
According to him, he will relocate to his country home in Daura, which is far away from Abuja and closer to the neighbouring Niger.
“I have only six more days to go and I plan to be as far away from Abuja as possible and thank goodness I came from an area which is farthest away from Abuja.
“If anybody is forced to move, I established good relationship with my neighbour, Niger Republic people will defend me,” Buhari said
He recalled how he closed the border to prevent rice importation and the complaints that it would affect neighbouring countries that he should have a good relationship with.
He added that in the bid to earn the goodwill of Niger Republic, Cameroon and Chad were the countries he first visited on assumption of office.
“You either eat what you grow; you grow what you eat or you die. I think I tried to make my point. Later Nigeria appreciate it because it provides more jobs.
“People go back to agric. We have the land and they will produce what we eat.
“And for people who think that our neighbours can be a loser let’s continue to be with our neighbours.
“That is why when I became President, my first visit was to Niger, Chad and Cameroon because based on neighbourhood on personal and national reason if you don’t secure the confidence of your neighbour you are in trouble.
“If you are not in trouble, your children and grandchildren might be in trouble,” he added
“So it is very good I established relationship with my neighbours.”