Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), on
Saturday told a gathering at the 40th
coronation anniversary of the Emir of Lafia,
Alhaji Isa Mustafa Agwai 1, that Boko
Haram's friends and sympathisers were at
the ceremony, stunning every one present.
Danjuma, who made the declaration in
Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, shortly
after he was honoured alongside his wife
with traditional titles by the Emir, said if
urgent actions were not taken to halt the
activities of Boko Haram, such gatherings
might not hold henceforth, particularly in
the North East.
He lamented that the abduction of over 200
schoolgirls at Chibok in Borno State and their
forceful conversion to Islam were wrong.
"I want to appeal to Boko Haram wherever
they are and their sympathizers. Some of
them are here. Please release our girls. Let
them go back to school. Nobody, absolutely
nobody, has the mandate to scatter Nigeria.
Let us bring sanity into our political life. This
is worrisome."
In his message at the occasion, President
Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented by
the Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu
Turaki, promised that his administration
would rid the country of terrorists and other
allied groups.
He, therefore, assured that with the
harmonious co-existence between Nigeria
and other international communities, the
abducted schoolgirls and those who might
have been kidnapped either before or after
the Chibok incident would be rescued
unhurt.
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