Kingsley Moghalu, a former
presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has cautioned
President Muhammadu Buhari against recognizing the Taliban government in
Afghanistan.
Moghalu said the Nigerian
government should learn from Afghanistan and stop “cuddling” repentant Boko
Haram, ISWAP members.
In a series of tweets, the former
Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, said Nigeria must learn
that religious fundamentalism is dangerous and ends in terrorism.
According to Moghalu: “Recent
events in Afghanistan, where the fundamentalist and terrorism-incubating
Taliban has taken over the country, carries important lessons for Nigeria.
Religious fundamentalism is dangerous and tends to verge into terrorism as we
see with BH, ISWAP etc.
“We must stop cuddling so-called
“repentant” Boko Haram. Which serious country absorbs erstwhile terrorists into
its armed forces? Nigeria and its @NGRPresident and @NigeriaGov must never recognize
or deal with the Taliban.
“We can never be a theocracy.
What has happened in Afghanistan is possible only because of its monolithic
religious makeup.
“The Government of a multi-religious
country that is constitutionally a secular state must never tolerate some of
its members harboring and expressing sympathy for globally recognized terrorist
groups, while political dissenters are very quickly branded terrorists. The
other lesson from this is that the destiny of any country will ultimately be
decided by its own people.
“Clearly, many Afghans are quite
comfortable with the Taliban, while a minority are opposed to them. American
intervention in 2004 that dislodged them from power was clearly unpopular with
the locals, and Washington has decided to leave the Afghans to their fate. If
Nigeria breaks down into civil war and violence, no one is coming here to save
anyone. We will ALL suffer the consequences.”
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