FRUSTRATIONS
BROUGHT BOKO HARAM
TO NIGERIA - OBAMA
The United States President,
Barrack Obama, has said that
frustrations were the major
reasons behind the activities of
Boko Haram, sect which has
claimed responsibilities for most
of the killings in the Northern
parts of Nigeria.
Speaking during a special
session held by the United States
House of Representatives
Committee on Foreign Affairs in
Washington DC yesterday, the US
leader, who was represented by
Ambassador Johnnie Carson, the
US Assistant Secretary on African
Issues, said that Boko Haram
capitalised on popular
frustrations with the nation's
leaders, poor government,
ineffective service delivery, and
dismal living conditions for many
northerners.
'Over the past year, Boko Haram
has created widespread
insecurity across northern
Nigeria, inflamed tensions
between various communities,
disrupted development activities,
and frightened off investors. The
near daily spate of bombings and
attacks that have claimed the
lives of thousands of Nigerians is
unacceptable, and the United
States strongly condemns this
violence'
In his speech at the occasion,
President of the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN),
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, said that
Boko Haram was not only a
northern problem, but a Nigerian
problem with global implications.
'This is outright terrorism, not
legitimate political activity or the
airing of grievances. By refusing
to designate Boko Haram as a
foreign terrorist organisation,
the United States is sending a
very clear message, not just to
the federal government of
Nigeria, but to the world - that
the murder of innocent
Christians, and Muslims who
reject Islamism, and I make a
clear distinction here between
Islam and Islamism, are
acceptable losses,' Oritsajafor insist
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