Boko Haram, not a terrorist organisation’

Date: 23-07-2012 6:10 am (11 years ago) | Author: Paddy Hayes
- at 23-07-2012 06:10 AM (11 years ago)
(m)
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has rebuffed the labelling of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect as a terrorist group by the United States.
 
The United States had placed the group under the Foreign Terrorists Organisation, FTO, or International Terrorists Organisation, ITO, category.
 
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Martin Uhomoibhi, at the weekend, said that the tag was wrong and that the group must not be associated with terror.
 
Uhomoibhi said this at an interactive session with the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs headed by Hon. Nnenna Elendu- Ukeje (PDP, Abia)
 
He said that describing the Boko Haram group as a terrorist organisation was incorrect.
 
He, however, said that Boko Haram was a security challenge strange to the country since 1960.
 
Uhomoibhi added that he was confused as to why the US would classify Boko Haram a terrorist group.
 
He said that the Federal Government was not comfortable with the categorization.
 
But Uhomoibhi told the House Committee on Foreign Affairs that the statement of President of the Christian Assocation of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, was capable of subjecting Nigerians all over the world to unnecessary and humiliating scrutiny by the US agents and other international agencies.
 
“For us at the ministry, Boko Haram should not have been designated as ITO or FTO as Nigeria is a secular country and we are working with all other stakeholders to resolve this menace,” he said.
 
Earlier, Ukeje had sought the opinion of the government on the US designation of Boko Haram as either ITO or FTO.
 
She said that though Nigeria is a multi-diverse and multi-religious country, it was necessary for the ministry to let the committee know how it was handling the issue and that of the government on the proper categorisation of Boko Haram in the country.
 
via National Mirror

http://nationalmirroronline.net/news/46192.html

Posted: at 23-07-2012 06:10 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
- CammyWhite at 23-07-2012 06:37 AM (11 years ago)
(f)
Boko Haram carries out terrorist acts. It is therefore a terrorist organisation. Martin Uhomoibhi needs a reality check or a good swift kick.
Posted: at 23-07-2012 06:37 AM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Reply
- ajanni at 23-07-2012 10:09 AM (11 years ago)
(m)
You sharrrrrrrrrap there,who puts your mouth into this?
Posted: at 23-07-2012 10:09 AM (11 years ago) | Grande Master
Reply
ReplyFollow
Login To Post Reply

Latest Updates

Edo Assembly Speaker Suspends 3 Lawmakers Over Alleged Impeachment Plot

Nigeria Would’ve Been Better If Yar’Adua Completed His Tenure Says Yakubu Gowon

Heavy Rainstorm Injures Three, Destroy 200 Houses In Plateau

Late Buhari Oloto's Wife, Alhaja Alimotu Sadia Oloto a.k.a IYA OYO Is Dead

Kwankwaso, 13 Others Dragged To EFCC By NNPP Over Alleged Fraud

Igbo Billionaire, Arthur Eze Says Tinubu Will Change Nigeria After Eight Years In Office

PSG v Borussia Dortmund: UEFA Champions League S/Final Match,Team News,Goal Scorers And Stats

Gunmen Kill One, Abduct Seven Along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway

Toyin Lawani Writes Open Letter To Asake Over New Hairstyle

More Featured Topics

fire TRENDING GISTS fire

TODAY'S TOP

  1. Igbo Billionaire, Arthur Eze Says Tinubu Will Change Nigeria After Eight Years In Office

  2. Kwankwaso, 13 Others Dragged To EFCC By NNPP Over Alleged Fraud

  3. PSG v Borussia Dortmund: UEFA Champions League S/Final Match,Team News,Goal Scorers And Stats

  4. Late Buhari Oloto's Wife, Alhaja Alimotu Sadia Oloto a.k.a IYA OYO Is Dead

  5. Heavy Rainstorm Injures Three, Destroy 200 Houses In Plateau

  6. Nigeria Would’ve Been Better If Yar’Adua Completed His Tenure Says Yakubu Gowon

  7. Edo Assembly Speaker Suspends 3 Lawmakers Over Alleged Impeachment Plot

THIS WEEK

  1. Moment Canadian Mayor Praises Tinubu For Work Done in Lagos While Honouring Peter Obi at Event

  2. Following CBN Directive, OPay, Palmpay, Others Clamps Down On Crypto

  3. Onanuga Shares A Post Alleging Peter Obi Demarkets Nigeria, Calls Him ‘Bitter Obi'

  4. Yvonne Jegede Reveals The Truth About Colleague, Mercy Johnson, While Calling Her Out (Video)

  5. Father-in-Law Of Wofai Fada, Engineer Kunle Cole Gives Reasons For Son’s Wedding Rejection

  6. Soldier, Abdullahi Ismail Dismissed From The Nigerian Army For Sleeping With Colleague’s Wife

  7. Primate Ayodele Issues Warning To Tinubu, Predicts Northern Opposition To Presidential Ambition

  8. Houseboy - Angela Okorie Fires Back At Mercy Johnson's Husband After His Post on 'Mad People'

  9. Actors In Nollywood Films Used To Be Cast Based On Social Media Followers – Uzor Arukwe

  10. Ipswich Town Promoted to The Premier League After 22 Years

TOP MEMBERS:
  • gogoman 330
  • fineboy77 183
  • felicilin 164
  • Lade200 105
  • bohlah 96
Read More

Featured Topics

. Edo Assembly Speaker Suspends 3 Lawmakers Over Alleged Impeachment Plot

. Nigeria Would’ve Been Better If Yar’Adua Completed His Tenure Says Yakubu Gowon

. Heavy Rainstorm Injures Three, Destroy 200 Houses In Plateau

. Late Buhari Oloto's Wife, Alhaja Alimotu Sadia Oloto a.k.a IYA OYO Is Dead

. Kwankwaso, 13 Others Dragged To EFCC By NNPP Over Alleged Fraud

. Igbo Billionaire, Arthur Eze Says Tinubu Will Change Nigeria After Eight Years In Office

. PSG v Borussia Dortmund: UEFA Champions League S/Final Match,Team News,Goal Scorers And Stats

. Gunmen Kill One, Abduct Seven Along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway

. Toyin Lawani Writes Open Letter To Asake Over New Hairstyle

. Actress, Etinosa Idemudia Calls Out BBNaija Star Over Unpaid Debt, Name Still Withheld

. VIDEO: Skitmaker, Erekere Shows Off His Newly Acquired Benz GLE

. BREAKING: Vice President Shettima Cancels Summit Trip To US Over Faulty Aircraft

. Ekiti Court Sentences 3 Persons To Death By Hanging For Robbery

. ‘I Appreciate Wike But I Can’t Worship Him’ – Rivers Gov, Fubara Opens Up

. Nigerian Govt Cuts Electricity Supplies To Benin Republic, Togo, Niger To Boost Domestic Supply

. How British Charity Employed Nigerian Man, Peter Omoruyi Convicted For Sex Trafficking In France

. Suspected Ritualists Kidnap 4 Month Old Boy In Akwa Ibom

. 'You Can Be Poor And Still Be Happier Than The So Called Rich' - World Bank Staff Says

. Watch Moment Students Arrive For Prom In Helicopter And Expensive Cars

. Suspected One-Chance Armed Robber Arrested With Pistol In Suleja

. "Political Interests Frustrating Amendment Of The Constitution" – Shehu Sani

. VID; James Brown Accuses Sister Of Disloyalty For Allegedly Backing Neighbor Who Assaulted Him

. Family Of Junior Pope Releases Late Actor’s Official Burial Poster

. BBN Star, Phyna Shares Raunchy Video To Update Her Fans How She Vacation In Maldives Is Going

. DSS Seals Clinic In Jos Over Alleged Quackery And Death Of Patient

. VIDEO: It's Not April Fool - Ali Baba Says As He Dedicates His Triplets In Church With His Wife

. VIDEO: Fans Surprises BBN Star, Soma With N8m & House As Gift For His Birthday

. FRSC Arrests Motorist Attempting To Abscond With Official In Edo

. Toke Makinwa Confirms She Regrets Bleaching Her Skin, Gives Reasons

. Five Kidnappers Who Reportedly Slept Off After Operation In Ondo Arrested

More Featured Topics