President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the fight against Boko Haram is more complicated than the Biafra civil war due to the fact that the nature of the Boko Haram fight is unconventional. The President said there were no clear battle lines in this fight.
President Jonathan addressed the College of Bishops of African Church led by the Primate, Most Rev. Emmanuel Udofia, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said, “I have to thank you for your prayers because this country is facing challenges that we never expected. I always say it that apart from those of us from the then Eastern Region who witnessed the effect of the civil war, others may have not witnessed this kind of insecurity in the country.
“In the North-East, it is almost like a civil war, it is even more than the civil war because in a civil war you know the battle line. As a Biafran then or Nigerian, you know where to run to.
“But this one, you don’t even know where to run to because the enemies are in your sokoto (trousers) pocket. So, it is a problem. But with your prayers ,God has been kind and whatever the enemy contemplates, he will never get there.”
President Jonathan assured that the terrorism plaguing the country would soon be over.
“Terrorism represents negative forces on earth and in human history, negative forces only terrorise people for a while but the light always subdues them with time.
“The light will surely subdue the darkness of Boko Haram. The prayers of our religious men and women will surely bring this country out of the dark stages of our history.”
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