With the current spate of insecurity
in the country many Nigerians wonder if the government is putting any measures
in place to put a permanent end to terrorism.
One of them is Evangelist
Elliot Uko, the founder of the Igbo Youth Movement and Deputy Secretary Igbo
Leaders of Thought, who has shared his unhappiness with the way the Federal
Government is handling the issue of Boko Haram, the group which intends to
carry out an Islamic Caliphate in Northern Nigeria.
According to Vanguard, Evangelist
Elliot Uko, who said the FG should take decisive and proactive action, also
said that if the roots and the cause of insurgency in Nigeria are not tackled,
the country would have a group worse than Boko Haram in the future.
Uko who stated that Boko Haram which
he described as cancer was orchestrated as a result of some certain people’s
act and did not just fall from the sky and as such we should stop living in the
denial and address the mindset of the people who inspired this madness if
another Boko Haram will rise after the demise of this one.
He said the root cause of Boko Haram
should be treated and not just focusing on the symptoms before there can be peace
in the country.
Uko also said Boko Haram is a
product of a mindset called Jihad which was initiated after the introduction of
Sharia legal code about 14 years by some people.
However, he said the Boko Haram
fighters were inspired by certain religious clerics, while stating that
the violent culture of killings, blood-letting, religious bigotry and regional
nepotism, which influenced these young men, has been accepted in the North as a
way of life. As it gave legitimacy to the born-to-rule mentality.
Uko also stated that those who
initiated Boko Haram are now at the receiving end of this cancer.
He said: “Our president must deal
with this cancer decisively. I disagree with his assertion that he is not a
lion. He is Commander-in-Chief. He must face up to reality. Boko Haram is a
fast spreading cancer that must be destroyed.”
Speaking on what the Igbo Leaders of
Thought are doing to assist in fighting terrorism said they brought the
attention of the government to the grave danger that Boko Haram in the
South-East portends.
The Igbo Leaders of thought led by
Prof. Ben Nwabueze (SAN) is a gathering of accomplished men and women who want
only the best for their country. Prof. Nwabueze, in spite of age and not so
good health, travelled several times to Abuja and to the East from his Lagos
base to try and assist in building a strong, united, prosperous nation.
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