President Muhammadu Buhari on
Wednesday pledged that the killings in some parts of Nigeria would soon come to
an end.
He said his administration was
finding lasting solutions to the menace.
According to a statement by
Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the
President spoke while receiving the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in
London.
Buhari said the problem should
not be seen from the point of view of religion, saying it was sociological and
economic.
The President said, “The problem
is older than us. It has always been there, but now made worse by the influx of
gunmen from the Sahel region into different parts of the West African
sub-region.
“These gunmen were trained and
armed by Muammar Gadaffi of Libya. When he was killed, the gunmen escaped with
their arms.
“Herdsmen that we used to know
carried only sticks and maybe a cutlass to clear the way, but these ones now
carry sophisticated weapons. The problem is not religious, but sociological and
economic. But we are working on solutions.”
On the war against insurgency, he
stressed the need for continuous education of the people, “so that they can be
free from religious manipulation.”
On Leah Sharibu, the schoolgirl
from Dapchi still being held by insurgents because she refused to renounce her
Christian faith, the President said his government was handling her case
quietly.
He said his administration was
avoiding dealing with many fraudulent people who had been making “frivolous
claims” on the matter.
“Making noise would not help. We
are collecting as much intelligence as possible, working with the Red Cross and
other international organizations.
“There are too many fraudulent
people around; we won’t deal with them. That was how we got the Dapchi girls
back, and the Chibok girls,” he added.
The clergyman on his part, told
the President “You have my best wishes on your recent decision. We are neutral
as a church, but we will pray for you. Great statesmen are those who run for
the good of their country.”
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