President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday re-
affirmed that he would not relent on his oars
until the battle against Islamic sect, Boko
Haram is won.
The president stated this when he met with
members of the BringBackOurGirls (BBOG)
group and some parents of the over 200
schoolgirls from Chibok town in Borno State
who were abducted by Boko Haram in April
last year.
He said the sect does not in any way represent
Islam or any other religion, saying it was
unfair for them to kill innocent human beings
and claim they did so in Allah’s name.
“You can’t go and kill innocent people and say
‘Allah Akbar’! It is either you don’t believe it
or you don’t know what you are saying,” he
said.“So, it has nothing to do with religion.
They (Boko Haram) are just terrorists and
Nigeria will demobilise all of them,” Buhari
vowed.
Buhari also said there is no justification for
the incompetent manner in which the
immediate past administration of former
President Goodluck Jonathan handled the
abduction of the over Chibok girls.
“In representing the government of Nigeria,
we cannot rationalise government’s
incompetence in dealing with this issue. We
only ask for your patience,” Buhari stated.
He described government’s response to the
abduction of the girls at the time as
unfortunate and far from being impressive.