x-razzy:
While I am not a fan of General Buhari, There is a iota of truth in his statement. I'm presently working on an undergraduate thesis about media and terrorism in Nigeria, and by relying on various scholars and established experts in the field of terrorism studies I was able to arrive at a conceptual framework on terrorism which can accommodate Niger Delta Militancy and Boko Haram as terrorist groups.
one of such definitions adopted in my study goes thus:
Terrorism is the deliberate use of violence against civilian in order to achieve political goals {ideological, national, social, religious etc} (International Counter Terrorism Academic Community’s definition as quoted by Schmid, 2011)

mekaboy:

The same president yaradua from the north, sent soldiers to flush out the sect boko haram. If a northern muslim president did not tolerate them, why would gej?

nwabobo:

Stop talking nonsense! Who should Federal Government grant amnesty to? In the days of Niger Delta militancy, we knew Asari Dokubo, we knew Tompolo, we knew Boyloaf, Okah and the rest of them.

How can a sane human being compare Boko Haram to MEND? Can you name 3 Boko haram leaders?

berem: On a serious note, who should be blamed for Boko haram insurgence if not the Federal Government? The northern elites have asked for Amnesty which the FG Is still adamant to grant. So who should be blamed then? If your president had said Boko haram members are in his government, on the other hand he said they are ghosts, who is the federal government fooling? there is actually something about this hullabaloo we Nigerians don't know yet.

Wsdm: The same way the previous government where hard on the Niger Deltan militants before they realised that that was not the best way.

ochukoccna: [b]Many of us fail to see beyond the politicization of the BH crises
Personally I believe some northern politicians funded /are funding the sect [more like America funded Afghanistan mujahideens to resist the Soviets invasion] but have long lost control
Many do not know Osama Bin Laden was once an American ally and Al Qaeda came to life when he went AWOL
However America while was able to cripple this incubus and kill Osama because it is a sovereign nation, Al Qaeda was able to spawn genealogies because it is an pseudo religious ideology of Islamic theocracy not an outright armed economic insurrection against the state which MEND is
How come many Moslems while admitting they do not subscribe to the brand of Osama's Islam shy away from out rightly condemning him?
How come Osama Bin Laden is an underground cult hero in the eyes of many a Moslem?
How come Al Qaeda type groups are still carrying out guerilla warfare in the face of the overwhelming superior fire power of the French backed Malian forces?
Why would the pant bomber Mutallab [a UK educated graduate ] turn his back on his privileged background [as Osama Bin Laden did too] and venture to be a suicide bomber?
We can keep blaming politics for BH without failing to note Arab nations horrors long associated with militant Islam is in bed with us
Till date Russia is still yet to subdue Islamic Checheyan rebels
How many understand that misguided Islamic theocracy is behind the Al Qaeda's of this world?[/b]

Ebele Jonathan is too weak and blinded by his 2015 ambition to bring the various Nigerian ethnic nationalities to the round table for us to renegotiate our cooperate existence as a nation
We can keep blaming politics for BH without failing to note Arab horrors long associated with militant Islam is in bed with us
Or that a disastrous religious civil war just a bus ride away from Borno, Kano or any of the Nigerian hotbeds of Islam

taharqa: WOO!!! For once in a realllllliii looooong time, I wud hv to mostly agree with you. Great Perspective.... The over politicizatn of dis BH tin has bn our greatest undoing in our effort to stopping these EXTREMIST FOOOLS from continuing their indiscriminate killings. Even GEJ and his Govt made dis grave MISTAKE initiali and only later realisd their mistake. IDEOLOGY and not Politics is d MAIN driver of BH. Yes, there are other enabling factor But RELIGIOUS IDEOLOGY (its misapplicatn by a very few with shard sentiments by significant others) is d main driven. LET ALL OF US GET THAT INTO OUR THICK HEADS... Am almost sure that Shekau and his International pals wud be laughing at our collective sillliness at bickering ova smaller tins why they continue dier killings according to d will of dier own version of ALLAH

~Bluetooth:


Ode where is it written in the constitution that security is the responsibility of everyone ? Damnit,get a copy of the constitution and look up the functions of the president.

Idio*tic Bluetooth, must u always argue blindly instead of carrying out a research on the truth first. Well its so very clear that u skipped all ur government and citizenship education classes (Hell! i dont think u met any of these classes cos u are clearly a small rug-rat.
Just for the record, i won't waste my time pointing out anything to u. Research for urself, u lazy @ss.

~Bluetooth:


The problem with most of you is that you are products of a failed educational system and have also failed to improve yourselves.



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militant


Buhari is talking about the underlying factor that motivates both terrorism and miltancy in Nigeria.they are product of a failed government and failed economy.

Well some people try to justify militancy simply because they don't attack fellow Nigerians but these same groups attack,kidnap, kill foreigners and sabotage government installations .Don't they cause havoc one way or the other ? Hamas used to be a militant group but when it couldn't get what it wanted,it started attacking Israel.

Before amnesty was granted,Rivers state was almost grounded by the activities of militant groups who launched attacks,kidnap and killed people at will.The context of militancy and terrorism encompass an ideology which involved a group of persons agitating for control of a part of the nation involving arms struggle solely to OVERTHROW the central government by instigating widespread acts of violence among the populace.

Surprisingly,the Niger delta militants have better weaponry and more sophisticated than boko haram yet we assumed that they were the lesser of two evils simply because they are killing foreigners and sabotaging Nigeria economy.

eastOFwest:

And this is where their equality ends. Yes it's the duty of the FG to stop them, but a certain responsibilty lies with communities and leaders from where they operate from.

Boko Haram is an ethno-religious menace with thounsands of brain-washed youths ready to blow themselves to death at the drop of a hat. MEND is child's play compared to these guys.

U have spoken well. Don't mind that "thing", so-called Bluetooth.

tawa89: Mr man don't be silly with your stupid assumptions . Did Boko haram come out to say that they are fighting for more allocation? Did they come out to say they are bombing because they want more hospitals and better roads? Did Mallam Shekau tell you that his problem is dat he is being marginalized and exploitated after taking the oil found in his backyard*North* or did he tell you that he wants more almajiris to be taken off the streets? Shekau has come out to say that he wants to islamize a part of the country. You are the one that is a product of Nigeria's failed educational system for not understanding these facts.
THE GOVERNMENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC DONOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS. *you can take that to the bank bro*

Gbam!!! Tell the *Product of a leaky condom!*, Bluetooth he calls himself.

seglan: Liar militant don't kill but kidnapp, get a ransom and free; while the other kill at pleasure.
Only God gives power to whoever He likes

dualface: Wait my ask dis man question how many houses or churches militant bomb how many people dem kill and u have d boldness to say dat d are d same. Am beginning to tink u have a hand in dis boko haram ish

nwabobo:

Stop talking nonsense! Who should Federal Government grant amnesty to? In the days of Niger Delta militancy, we knew Asari Dokubo, we knew Tompolo, we knew Boyloaf, Okah and the rest of them.

How can a sane human being compare Boko Haram to MEND? Can you name 3 Boko haram leaders?

nwabobo:

Stop talking nonsense! Who should Federal Government grant amnesty to? In the days of Niger Delta militancy, we knew Asari Dokubo, we knew Tompolo, we knew Boyloaf, Okah and the rest of them.

How can a sane human being compare Boko Haram to MEND? Can you name 3 Boko haram leaders?

pappythinko: we have bn hearing of ibtahim shekau, abdul qaqa n pple like buhari, and alimodu sheriff can't be divorced from Boko's sponsorship.. oya oga!

berem: On a serious note, who should be blamed for Boko haram insurgence if not the Federal Government? The northern elites have asked for Amnesty which the FG Is still adamant to grant. So who should be blamed then? If your president had said Boko haram members are in his government, on the other hand he said they are ghosts, who is the federal government fooling? there is actually something about this hullabaloo we Nigerians don't know yet.

Demdem:

an example:

http://africanexaminer.com/mend0303

and another:

http://www.9jabook.com/profiles/blogs/mend-lagosnine-die-as-mend?xg_source=activity

Dreal1247: .
This same GMB promised GEJ of making this country ungovernable 4 him. He initiated BH. Now they ar going out of hands, he wants 2 sponsor them from the tax payers' money. Blame GMB and not GEJ. They av all failed.

~Bluetooth:


Nigerians didn't vote for communities and leaders,they voted for Jonathan and its his responsibility to ensure the territorial integrity of Nigeria and to crush internal aggression that may threaten the unity of Nigeria. Fight boko haram,Jonathan said No. . .grant them amnesty,he said NO. . .how does he intend to tackle them ?

Dreal1247: .
This same GMB promised GEJ of making this country ungovernable 4 him. He initiated BH. Now they ar going out of hands, he wants 2 sponsor them from the tax payers' money. Blame GMB and not GEJ. They av all failed.