AS more Nigerians deplored the activities of Boko Haram and the Federal Government’s response to the sect’s continued attacks, the Presidency says it will seek foreign nations’ intervention on its crackdown on terrorism when it is necessary.

The government said such intervention would only come after it had exhausted all the options it had evolved to curb the menace.

According to the Presidency, it is wary of rushing to foreign powers for direct participation in the campaign against terrorism because some of the nations, whose support might be needed, had predicted that Nigeria would break up in 2015.

This clarification came yesterday from the Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, during an interaction with journalists in Abuja. He said the government had to study the conditions that might have informed such prediction to avoid working with the people and institutions in tackling the current security challenges.

Gulak said the huge vote for security in the 2012 budget was part of the steps the government had taken to fight terrorism head-on. He explained that the money would be used to equip the military and other security agencies, and recruit more personnel to match the nation’s growing population.

Meanwhile, the Catholic Bishop of Minna Diocese, Martin Igwe Uzoukwu, has described the bomb explosion at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla in Niger State on Christmas Day as an act of terrorism against Catholic faithful.

He said more than 40 lives were lost in the explosion while several others were injured. The cleric said the injured persons were receiving treatments in hospitals in Suleja, Gwagwalada and Abuja.

At a press conference held inside the destroyed church yesterday, the clergyman called on the Islamic counterparts to condemn the Boko Haram sect.


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