Niger Republic'll defend me if anyone moves against me — Buhari
*Says he deliberately closed land borders *Recalls how he lost two children to sickle cell *Nigerians won’t miss Buhari —Afenifere; *It shows his non-committal to Nigeria —MBF; *Buhari statement validates earlier speculations of ties with Niger — PANDEF President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday the people of Niger Republic would defend him, if anyone moved against him after leaving office. He also said he deliberately shut the nation’s land borders to force Nigerians to patronise goods made in the country. The President’s declaration, however, drew the ire of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere and Mddile Belt Forum, MBF, which described his stance as non-committal to Nigeria and that Nigerians would not miss him when he exits office. But Buhari, who spoke extempore at the commissioning of the new corporate headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in Abuja, said he was speaking his mind, reiterating his earlier decision to be far away from Abuja at the ...