Jonathan spoke while fielding
questions from journalists at the end of the 24th World Economic Forum for
Africa, WEFA, held in Abuja which ended yesterday.
He also said that the Federal
Government had earmarked $10 million as matching grant to the efforts by the
international community to rescue the 230 abducted female students of the
Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok in Borno State.
Jonathan said he had declared a
total war on Boko Haram ‘’terror group’’ to rout it out of existence in the
country, warning that anybody thinking that the spate of bombings and other
devastation activities by the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria would force his
administration to bend over forward and negotiate power with the sect or their
sponsors should rather have a re-think as such a situation would not arise.
He however, reiterated that the
successful hosting of the WEFA in Abuja in spite of threats by the insurgents
was a clear demonstration that the days of Boko Haram were numbered as they
will soon be smoked out with the help of the international community and made
to face the consequences of their evil deeds.
”Boko Haram is a terror group and as
journalists you should know the meaning of terror. Before the 9/11 no body in
the US or UK imagined the dimension of terrorists in the world. You can not be
too sure of what ideology that drives their leaning. Sometimes, it is from the
religious sentiments… but we need to combine so many factors to
underscore their driving spirit . But I want to advice that the terrorists
should also know that they don’t do certain things and get away with it because
most of these activities are criminal offenses and they should know that when
they are caught, they would pay dearly for it. ‘’For instance, I can tell you
that the masterminds of the last Nyanya bomb blast have been arrested and would
face the long arm of the law.
”I want to assure also that sooner
than later, the abducted Chibok school girls would also be rescued with the
help of the global community and we will use remote sensing technology to smoke
them out to face the consequences,” Jonathan added.
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