Buhari Seeks Religious Leaders’ Support To End Insurgency

President Muhammadu Buhari has asked religious leaders in Nigeria to support the Federal Government’s effort to strip Boko Haram of all its religious pretensions,

The President believes their support will enable the government fully uncover the group as vicious terrorists, devoid of any moral or philosophical direction.

President Buhari made the call on Tuesday while in a meeting with some new Ambassadors who were at the Presidential Villa in Abuja to present their letters of credence.

Just About Destruction

He said a lot had been done to properly expose Boko Haram as a ruthless, destructive and misguided terrorist group.

“What we have succeeded in doing is to separate terrorism from religion. The initial attraction for recruitment was religion. Now, people cannot relate with their relevance anymore and they are only associated with the destruction of lives and properties.

“If your life does not mean anything to you, other peoples’ lives will not mean anything to you as well. People are beginning to see that Boko Haram is just about destruction and nothing else,” the President said.

President Buhari also told the new Ambassadors that his administration would continue to prioritise diversification and other measures to help the Nigerian economy withstand the shock of falling crude oil prices.

He received the letters of credence from the new Ambassador of Zambia, Dr. Solomon Jere; Ecuador’s new Ambassador, Leopoldo Rovayo Verdesoto and the new Ambassador of Colombia, Ms Claudia Turbay Quintereo, as well as wished them successful tenures in Nigeria.