The United Nations and the
European Union special representatives to West Africa and the Lake Chad Basin
Commission say the spread of Boko Haram must be stopped.
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, UN special
representative for West Africa, and Angel Lusada, EU special representative for
the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin Commission, spoke on Wednesday during their visit
to the army headquarters in Abuja.
The representatives expressed
their organisations commitment to stop the spread of the insurgency.
They added that they would work
together in the fight against insurgency in the north-east.
Chambas said the establishment of
the Lake Chad Governors’ Forum was a welcome development, adding that the fight
against insurgency is one that can be won.
“One area of interest is the
ongoing efforts to checkmate Boko Haram and stop its spread because of its
affiliation to international terror groups, ” Chambas said.
” That is why it is incumbent on
us all that we must see the fight against Boko Haram as a fight against
international terrorism.
“We are all concerned and we
believe that Boko Haram is a fight that we can win. That is why we are
specially applauding the efforts of the army in dealing with the menace.
“We welcome the establishment of
the Lake Chad Governors’ Forum which had its inaugural meeting in Maiduguri
last year.
“We believe it is part of a
holistic approach which will focus on the root causes of insurgency.”
On her part, Lusada expressed the
EU’s commitment and efforts to end the activities of the insurgents in Lake
Chad Basin.
She said the commission is
meeting with stakeholders to work on plans to solve the menace.
“There are many initiatives
taking place and new ones coming up and this involves funding, but we want
coordination,” Lusada said.
” The crisis has become regional
and can only be solved with regional partnerships. That is why we are meeting
with stakeholders. ”
Responding, Tukur Buratai, chief
of army staff, commended the organisations for standing by Nigeria in its
efforts to dislodge insurgents from the country.
we cannot kill the spreading of snakes except we we kill the mother that is giving birth to them , the root cause of jihadist has it beginning from the early days of the religion that the present day jihadist are following, no one want to say the truth because of fear of being label a blasphemer ,judaism & christianity have once past experience this, people where kill for translating the bible and many others where kill ,even jesus was hate by the jews for his teaching because of their laws,so boko haram can only be stop if muslim scholars & mallams started explaining the verses in the quran that preach what these people boko haram are using as their ideology for their terrorist acts , they may be hate but that's the truth ,the catholic church once practice these extreme type of believe
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