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A top Nigerian cleric, in an event attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, has stated that the Fulani and Kanuri are behind the Boko Haram group which has killed over 13,000 Nigerians in five years.
The prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Uche, said this at a service on Sunday to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja.
According to Premium Times, Mr. Uche said soldiers prosecuting the war against Boko Haram informed him and other bishops that except for some collaborators from Chad, Libya and Somalia, 95 per cent of those waging the war against Nigeria were Fulani and Kanuri, Daily Trust newspaper reported.
The cleric made the remark at an event attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Senate President, David Mark, the military top brass and other important personalities. None of the senior government officials commented.
He said those behind the Boko Haram insurgency were doing so in other to put the government of Mr. Jonathan in bad light.
“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,” he said.
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Source: #PremiumTimes
The prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Uche, said this at a service on Sunday to mark the Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the National Ecumenical Centre, Abuja.
According to Premium Times, Mr. Uche said soldiers prosecuting the war against Boko Haram informed him and other bishops that except for some collaborators from Chad, Libya and Somalia, 95 per cent of those waging the war against Nigeria were Fulani and Kanuri, Daily Trust newspaper reported.
The cleric made the remark at an event attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, the Senate President, David Mark, the military top brass and other important personalities. None of the senior government officials commented.
He said those behind the Boko Haram insurgency were doing so in other to put the government of Mr. Jonathan in bad light.
“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,” he said.
Click here to read more
Source: #PremiumTimes
