Jonathan Says Boko Haram War Is Worse Than Nigeria Civil War
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday said
the activities of the radical Islamist sect, Boko
Haram is worse than Nigeria's civil war.
President Goodluck Jonathan
Speaking with a delegation of the College of Bishops
of African Church led by the Primate, Most Rev.
Emmanuel Udofia, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the
president noted that insurgents live among the
people contrary to the case of the civil war where
enemies and their territories could easily be
identified.
Jonathan, however, expressed optimism that the
sect's activities would soon come to a permanent
end, but urged the clerics to continue to pray for
Nigeria.
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"I have to thank you for your prayers because this
country is facing challenges that we never expected.
I always say it that apart from those of us from the
then Eastern Region who witnessed the effect of the
civil war, others, may have not witnessed this kind of
insecurity in the country" Jonathan said. "In the North-
East, it is almost like a civil war, it is even more than
the civil war because in a civil war you know the
battle line. As a Biafran then or Nigerian, you know
where to run to. But this one, you don't even know
where to run to because the enemies are in your
sokoto (trousers) pocket. So, it is a problem. But with
your prayers ,God has been kind and whatever the
enemy contemplates, he will never get there".
Jonathan, who recalled that the church and
government were very linked in the past, lamented
that in modern day, the separation of the two bodies
had brought about controversies on moral issues in
the society.
The president also frown at the fact that moral and
religious education was being neglected instead of it
to be the vanguard national development. He
insisted that creating a society that is peaceful for
the people to interact was more important than the
physical infrastructure that are provided.
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"The challenge of Boko Haram will surely come to an
end because everything about terror is evil.
Terrorism represents negative forces on earth and in
human history, negative forces only terrorise people
for a while but the light always subdues them with
time. The light will surely subdue the darkness of
Boko Haram. The prayers of our religious men and
women will surely bring this country out of the dark
stages of our history" Jonathan said.
Speaking earlier, Udofia alleged that some officials
were being sympathetic to the terrorist group which
he described as "the most unfortunate affront to this
present administration".
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