Archive for November, 2012
Boko Haram And It’s Campaign of Mayhem – Where is the Outrage By Northern Leaders?
Where is the Northern Elders Forum? Where is the Northern Governor’s Forum? Where are eminent personalities like former presidents Gowon, Babangida, Abdulsalam, Buhari and others? Where are the monarchs? Where is the outrage?
While the Arewa Consultative Forum should be commended for pledging to work with the GEJ administration to resolve this problem, its efforts can best be described as “lukewarm.” Where was this group when Christians and Southerners were being slaughtered in bomb attacks by Boko Haram all these years? It is not enough to make statements and issue press releases in condemnation of Boko Haram. They can clearly do more to reach out to the leaders of Boko Haram and help the federal government in starting mediation efforts with this group, after all, their terrorist activities are occurring right in their backyard. In addition, the Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, retired General Jeremiah Useni was reported to have said that Boko Haram was the creation of a former governor of Borno State who had recruited and used them as his political thugs in the past before they metamorphosed into the terrorist group that they are today. In light of this information, that governor should have been engaged by agents of the Nigerian National security apparatus to assist them in reaching out to the leadership of Boko Haram. This is a “no brainer.” You don’t have to be an intelligence expert to figure this out. More…