Terrorism: Sitting On the Problem

Today security is about two words, Boko Haram. They meant nothing three years ago. Now, Boko Haram is everything about security. It issues threats and fires bombs as if that is the entire purpose of the sect’s existence. Boko Haram is enjoying the attention, hardly a day passes without it exploding a bomb.

People cannot go to church, to the market or have a drink without fearing a bomb would explode. Life has become almost impossible, not just in Maiduguri where it started but everywhere. It has adopted the propaganda to further its cause. Publicity is good for Boko Haram. Its precision in hitting targets is outstanding. Security officials on their part add to the Boko Haram mystery with their utterances.

Chief of Army Staff Lt-General Azubuike Ihejirika said at the opening of the Second Quarter Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja Monday, “The tactics they employ is relatively new to the country. The Nigerian Army have studied their method of operation (in collaboration with other security agents) and very soon the country will notice improvement and new security agreements.”

Boko Haram will cherish the credit from such high quarters. Nigerians may be frightened more. From the beginning, Boko Haram has benefited from loose security. It went ahead to instil fear in people. It’s purposely chosen targets served that aim. Strikes at the military and police were not mistakes. The freeing of more than 100 of its members from Bauchi Prisons was a show of the length it goes to protect its own and the vastness of its collaborators.

Fears of Boko Haram are pervading. Immediate past governor of Gombe State Danjuma Goje, a serving senator issued a prompt apology to the sect after one of its leaders mentioned him in a newspaper interview.

“As a true Muslim, who believes in peace and brotherhood, as entrenched in both the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith  of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW), I hereby tender my PUBLIC APOLOGY to the organisation for any wrong done to it in the course of performing my duty as the then Governor of Gombe State. We pray to Allah (SWT) to continue to promote Islam, peace and brotherhood for humanity throughout the world,” Goje’s recant read.

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In an interview with the Daily Observer, Imam Sheikh Abubcarr Jawara explained that the objective of the initiative was to bring together Muslim clerics to pray specially for themselves, the nation and the world at large, for continuous peace and tranquility to prevail. He disclosed that they also prayed for the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, for Allah the Almighty to continue to guide and protect him.

He further disclosed that they prayed for a successful rainy season, among other things. Imam Jawara finally called on the general public to devote themselves to Islam and to be steadfast in prayers, noting that this will guide them from committing evil and sinful acts. Islam, the ultimate obsessive-compulsive religion - The Delta ...

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