Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has revealed the reason why Boko Haram insurgents have succeeded in their reign of terror in Northern Nigeria.
Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday revealed while Boko Haram insurgents succeed in the North.
He gave the reason in Maiduguri, Borno state while declaring open a two-day seminar organised by the Directorate of Islamic Affairs of the Nigerian Army, which was aimed at enlightening people on terrorism and misinterpretation of Islam.
Buratai said the reason Boko Haram ideology thrive in the North is because of wrong teaching and interpretation of Islam by some Islamic clerics. The Army Chief who was represented by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Abubakar Yushau while addressing participants at the Maimalari Cantonment, 7 Division of the Nigerian army in Maiduguri called on clerics to teach its followers true religious knowledge devoid of ulterior motives.
COAS speaking through Yushau said, “Muslims are faced with ignorance and wrong interpretation of Islam,”
“We have to sensitize the public to embrace the true teachings of Islam, as propagated by the Prophet Muhammad, SAW, as anything outside that does not represent Islam,” he said.
“Miscreants and criminals terrorizing people in the northeast under the guise of Islam have gone out of the real teaching and interpretation of Islam as taught by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and his disciples…Such teachings have misled people into wrong acts including terrorism in Nigeria.”