Read footballer Samuel Eto'o's 'strong' statement on
Boko Haram
Former Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o is using his fame
for a good cause as he has now given a strong statement
against the deadly terrorists called Boko Haram ravaging
the Northern part of Nigeria. The former Barcelona and
Chelsea star has set up the Yellow Whistleblower FC
foundation to raise funds and awareness to help people
fleeing Nigeria and Cameroon amid the increasing amount
of attacks from Boko Haram militants.
Eto’o, says it's time the world stepped up its response to
this menace called Boko Haram. The 34-year-old urged
leaders and the media to react as they did to the terror
attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris in
January.
“It is important for us to talk about it — if we don’t do it,
who will? We all tried to offer our support (after Charlie
Hebdo). We saw African head of states coming to Paris to
offer their support to France." He said in an interview with
CNN.
“Why, when it comes to Africa — when it comes to our
continent — don’t we do anything? Maybe because the
media are not doing what they should do.
“When it comes to Charlie Hebdo, we talk about it. The
media were right: It was important to talk about that.
However when it comes to Boko Haram, we need to wait for
the most horrific things to happen for the media to say a
word." said the four-time African player of the year.
“After that, everybody stops talking about it. It is like
nothing ever happened.
“I think journalists should have denounced this situation.
We saw what happened in France. We were very sad about
this. We were asking ourselves, ‘How can this happen? How
can they succeed? How can these people take away lives of
happy people who had families and friends?'”
“I was affected, like many of my African brothers, by Boko
Haram. We haven’t been affected by such horrors in a very
long time,” he said. “We are seeing these atrocities and we
seem powerless.
“We need to cope with this situation. We need to denounce
it and find solutions at our level while our armed forces do
their own job on the ground.”
Eto’o said one of the most effective ways to defeat Boko
Haram and its ideology would be through education, which
he called “the most formidable weapon.”
“We need to create schools and give the possibility to these
children to learn and understand,” explained Eto’o, whose
illustrious career has taken him to Italy, Spain, Russia,
England and Turkey, winning three European Champions
League titles. He was reportedly one of the the world’s
highest-paid players at Anzhi Makhachkala.
“Some of these children affected by the situation are young
and are easily manipulable, and they are manipulated.
These children are used and join this terrorist
organization.”
Eto’o, who now plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor, said: “We
wanted to show the right way to our young brothers, but
the ignorance that we have in Africa leads to our own
brothers shooting at us.
“When you are African, and you are sometimes better (at
something) than Europeans or Americans, you’re not
considered African.
“It’s frustrating but you can’t be mad. I refuse to be
ignorant. The only message that I want to give is that I want
people to have easy access to education.”

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