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Soldiers Told Us Those Behind Boko Haram - Archbishop
A senior Nigerian cleric, Archbishop Samuel
Uche has alleged that Fulani and Kanuri were
behind the Islamist group, Boko Haram, which
has killed a number of Nigerians in the last five
years, in a bid to seize power.
The Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria
disclosed this while speaking on Sunday during
the Armed Forces Remembrance Day
Interdenominational Service held at National
Ecumenical Centre in Abuja.
He made his comment in the presence of
President Goodluck Jonathan, the Senate
President David Mark, the military top brass and
other important personalities.
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According to Uche, soldiers waging war against
the insurgents had disclosed to him and other
bishops that apart from some collaborators
from Chad, Libya and Somalia, 95 percent of
those waging war against Nigeria were Fulani
and Kanuri, Daily Trust reports.
Archbishop Samuel Uche
He explained that those sabotaging the war
against terrorism are within the political elites,
while others are within the armed forces and
other institutions.
The archbishop said: “ Some shameless
individuals and groups make such utterances
and use grievous situations as a tool for
politicking, blaming the government in power as
doing nothing to solve the problem of
insurgency. Who is deceiving who? I believe
Nigerians are wiser and our people know that
it’s sabotage that’s making it impossible for
our Armed Forces to recover the Chibok girls.
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“Let me reveal to you this evening and at this
important service at this juncture that some of
our soldiers, because you know we Bishops
have impact in the society, we relate with
soldiers and all manner of people. And some of
the people in warfront have confided in us that
apart from some mercenaries from Chad, Libya
as well as Somalia, 95 percent of those fighting
our country are of Fulani and Kanuri origin.
“They’re aggrieved because they want power at
all costs. They believe Nigeria belongs to them
alone and that they’re born to rule while others
follow. It is deceit .”
Speaking further, he said those behind
insurgency want to Islamise Nigeria and build a
parallel caliphate different from the Sokoto
Caliphate.
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He however said this could never happen as
any attempt by any group of people “to
Christianise or Islamise Nigeria is tantamount to
futility and frivolity.”
He added that every problem has an expiry
date and though we may not know solutions to
the challenges facing Nigeria, Boko Haram will
be defeated.
He also called on the government to equip the
military, take care of all the troops, provide
good welfare packages for widows and children
of slain soldiers.
This is coming amid the rising tension and
fears over violence in Nigeria as the February
elections fast approaches.
In the last one week, there have been political
clashes in Rivers, Plateau and Gombe States.
In Jos, Plateau State, the campaign buses of the
Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation were
set ablaze.
In Rivers, the All Progressives Congress (APC)
office in Okrika was attacked with dynamites.
In Gombe state, some PDP’s belongings were
burnt down on Sunday. 
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