Arewa Youths Slam U.S. For Classifying Boko Haram as Terrorist Group
Arewa Youth Forum Thursday decried the declaration of Boko Haram and Ansaru as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation by the United States Government.
The National President of the AYF, Alh Gambo Gujungu, told Vanguard in an interview that the latest branding of the two groups would create more security challenges for the nation than envisaged.
According to Gujungu, the move would escalate terrorism rather than curtail it.
Gujungu explained that it was wrong to place a faceless group, whose members are not known, as a FTO.
He said, “The Federal Government has failed in unmasking those behind the Boko Haram attacks and has been spending our resources looking for attackers after each attack.
“It is painful that despite all the intelligence available to Nigeria and the U.S, the real brains behind the
terrorists have not been fished out.
“Rather than classifying these groups as FTO, the FG and the U.S should fish them and their sponsors out. We cannot say whether these terrorists are Muslims given the level of their indiscriminate attacks on Muslims and Christians.
“But we are praying fervently to the Almighty Allah to expose those behind terrorism in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Government has already given its support to the action of the U.S, saying that it was a step in the right direction.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, who spoke with newsmen last night, said: “The US stance is a welcome development; we salute the US Government for partnering with the Federal Government to rout out terrorism.
“This step will assist this nation to deal with these renegades.
“It will also help in strengthening the proscription of Boko Haram by the Federal Government.
“We urge other super powers to emulate the US Government to check terrorism in any part of the world. A threat to any nation by the insurgents is a threat to global peace.” [Vanguard]
