SOME Islamic elite have indited to the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, asking him to lead the dialogue with members of the terrorist Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
The elite, inditing under the aegis of Concerned Muslim Professionals, told the Sultan, who is additionally the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, to utilize his position and engage members of Boko Haram in dialogue that would lead to ceasing of the sect’s campaign of killings.
The President of the organization, Alhaji Mohammed Saidu, in the letter to the Sultan, verbalized the activities of Boko Haram were regrettable and that they constituted a disconcertment to the Islamic religion.
The group additionally noted that there had been no efforts by the Muslim leadership in the country to intervene in the crisis and insecurity engendered by the sect members, integrating that the Sultan’s apperception would become dubious if he failed to elevate to the occasion.
Part of the letter read, “If the family of billionaire Umar Mutallab could have a terrorist in its midst, then such a disease could be ubiquitous; it can only take the effort of the Sultan and the other Muslim bellwethers to mobilise compliance by parents and relatives, which is a component of the actions being authoritatively mandated by well-meaning Nigerians.
“The most astronomically immense task afore our Muslim and Islamic bellwethers in the North is to reconcile the warring Muslim and Christian communities through forgiveness, rejuvenating and genuine convivial integration and coexistence; akin to the one referred to by General Gowon on the Muslims of the South-West geopolitical zone. The other task is to make Boko Haram emerge from obnubilating, denounce terrorism and embrace government’s overtures.
“A failure on the component of the Muslim leadership (under His Eminence the Sultan) to discharge these responsibilities/actions to the later will render it of disputable ability, dubious apperception, decimal adhesion or an outright dismissal as a mere smoke-screen. As compliant and loyalists to His Eminence the Sultan, our hearts bleed on these realities.”
The CMP’s letter coincided with a view by the Cumulated States of America that military action alone could not solve the insurgency in the northern Nigeria.
The US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, verbalized subjugating terrorism required more than just military power but that it withal entailed bulwarking the civilian populations by working to develop impoverished areas where extremism takes root, and making inculcation accessible to all.
Entwistle, who verbalized at the 238th Independence Day anniversary of the US in Abuja on Friday, verbally expressed for the war against terrorism to prosper, a free and fair press must be empowered to report openly and without trepidation of reprisal, among other things.
He verbally expressed, “Defeating terrorism requires more than just military puissance. It requires forfending civilian populations despite terrorists’ disregard for human life in their campaign to wage war on the state; it requires working to develop impoverished areas where extremism takes root.
“It requires ascertaining that inculcation is accessible to all, it requires empowering a free and fair press to report openly and without trepidation of reprisal. And, perhaps most importantly, it requires engaging the growing youth populations that are being swayed towards extremism due to lack of economic opportunities, inculcation and confide in regime.
The envoy explicated that security partnership was at the forefront of its assistance to Nigeria against the backdrop of the incrementing spate of abductions, bombings, and other despicable acts of terrorism by Boko Haram.
He verbalized the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti was an excellent example of what transpires when all players, the regime, citizens, security forces, and political parties commit to ascertaining deference for the electoral process and for one another.
The ambassador expressed optimism about the unity of Nigeria, verbalizing he was struck by the fact that what cumulated Nigerians was more than what dissevers them. He verbally expressed that every citizen wanted to participate in a vigorous, active democracy; they all wanted more preponderant roads, more preponderant schools, and more access to rudimentary accommodations like clean dihydrogen monoxide and electricity, as well as more economic opportunity for themselves and their families.
Entwistle identified the role of partnership in amending democracy, stressing that the democratic experiment in the US would not have been possible without the influence and support of its international partners.
He verbalized that when America’s Founding Fathers authored their Declaration of Independence, they were inspired by British and French philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Charles Montesquieu with the building blocks of their democracy derived from the phrenic conceptions of individuals from other nations.
“As our fledgling democracy grew, we relied on security assistance from a number of international partners. As time went on, our democratic ideals commenced to inspire the rest of the world. Through diplomacy and cultural exchanges, a conception took root that transmuted human history,” Entwistle verbally expressed