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‘Western education is forbidden’ – Sultan of Sokoto reveals why Boko Haram targets boarding schools

The Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI), Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, has traced the recent abduction of school students by armed bandits to activities of Boko Haram insurgents who beleives Western education is a sin.

Mr. Abubakar, in a statement by the JNI secretary Khalid Aliyu, bemoaned the recent abduction of 29 students of Government Science College, Kagara by armed gunmen, two months after over 300 students were kidnapped in Kankara, Katsina State.

“Worst still, Kagara town and by extension Niger State has become infamous, given the serial attacks by bandits and other criminals in recent past.”

“Isn’t intelligence part of security networking?” Sultan asked while expressing worries that Nigerians may not conscious of the repercussion of the bloodletting and criminalities.

Mr. Abubakar said the government seems not to have learnt lessons from the Chibok, Dapchi, and Kankara debacles, “unfortunately, these hapless situations appear to have escaped our memories. What perplexes us in recent years of these kidnappings and abductions is that criminals brazenly act unchallenged.”

“What could be the factors and why is there no information from government quarters relating to efforts made in the rescue process, so as to assuage the anxieties of parents and guardians of the affected victims?”

“Let it be known to all discerning minds that with the ongoing offensive onslaught against Boko Haram insurgency in the Northwest region by the security, other regions must remain very alert against infiltration,” the frontline religious leader said.

The spiritual leader, who challenged the government to set their priorities right on the spate of insecurity before it worsens, said “make no mistake, the abduction is a classic example of the philosophical foundation of Boko Haram- that western education is forbidden. That’s why their targets are always on boarding schools, especially science schools, considered atheistic in pedagogy.”

He also advised that “the government should, as a matter of national emergency, secure all forests in Nigeria by engaging willing Nigerians under whatever nomenclature to help clear off the forest reserves from the undesirable elements, while maintaining our natural environment and eco-system.”

Idoko Dennis

Idoko Dennis is a creative videographer/drone pilot and sport writer. He heads the sport desk and deputizes the head of Idoma TV

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