The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, described the Boko Haram group and its attendant ideology — which abhors Western education — as a “fraudulent plot” designed to “destroy Nigeria.”
Buhari’s comments come barely 48 hours after he alleged a “deliberate plot” to destroy the country, which failed.
Officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, the Boko Haram sect is an Islamic terrorist organisation that has troubled Nigeria’s north with targeted bombings and offensives since 2009.
Boko Haram, literally translating to “Western Education is forbidden” discourages involvement in any form of secularism, including secular education.
According to Buhari, the Nigerian Armed Forces has degraded the sect significantly since 2015.
“I just came back from Adamawa and Yobe States. During the visit to both states, I listened carefully…
