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President Muhammadu Buhari has proffered solutions to countering the activities of violent Islamist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Buhari who addressed global leaders in New York, United States, said young people must be stopped from linking up with the terrorist group or any other sect across the world.

As part of solutions to counter ISIL, Buhari noted that “good governance, which entails transparency, accountability and rule of law, remains the basis on which we should kick-start the process of ridding the world of the menace of terrorism and violent extremism.”

He added further that: “The international community will be required to work together to deter and disrupt illicit financial flows from nations with weak anti–theft structures to other parts of the world.”

Read full statement below

GLOBAL LEADERS’ SUMMIT ON COUNTERING ISIL AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

I thank President Obama for organising this important meeting. The timing is appropriate and the subject matter warrants our close attention. The threats posed by ISIL in the Middle East, and violent extremism elsewhere, are an existential danger to many States.

2. ISIL is a serious threat to international peace and security and should be treated as such. There can be no half measures or expedient solutions in dealing with terrorists and extremists.

3. They respect no laws, and have no regard to the sanctity of lives and property. They operate outside law and must be seen for what they are and dealt with appropriately.

Mr. Chairman,

4. Given that the acceptance process for recruits into the ranks of ISIL involves rigorous vetting and screening as well as sponsorship known as “tazkiya”; our expectation was that the demanding enlistment process coupled with the legal framework instituted by the United Nations would stem the tide of their flow. Apparently this is not yet happening.

Mr. Chairman,

5. The increase in violence and terrorism by ISIL and other groups has enticed and emboldened insurgent groups in Africa to pledge allegiance to gain local traction. The Boko Haram terrorist group, operating in the Lake Chad Basin area, which is currently on the Al-Qaida sanctions list, pledged its allegiance to ISIL in March 2015.

6. While we believe that Boko Haram action is an indication of the weakening operational capability of the group, it could also suggest that it was a strategic move to attract foreign fighters into its fold, and obtain assistance from ISIL. Certainly, whatever the reason was for the declaration of allegiance, one thing is certain: Boko Haram terrorist group wants to be drawn into the centre stage of global terrorism.

7. This development has led not only to a shift in strategy, but also to changes in ideology, recruitment and propaganda methods by Boko Haram. Its recourse to mass executions and public beheadings in the style of ISIL became notoriously widespread after the declaration of allegiance.

8. We also note that sub-Saharan Africa has been receiving special attention for purposes of radicalization and incitement. In the April 2015 Edition of the IS magazine, “DABIQ” entitled ‘Shariah Alone Will Rule Africa’ , Boko Haram was congratulated for “joining the caravan” of jihad, saying that they would “now guard yet another frontier of the Khilafah [caliphate]”. Boko Haram is neither protecting nor promoting Islam. Islam is the religion of peace and does not advocate the killing of the innocent.

9. Furthermore, capitalizing on historic ethnic tensions and upheavals in Africa, ISIL is making vigorous recruitment campaigns and strident efforts to expand into some communities in the Sahel region. Indeed, ISIL operations have lent credence to the supposition that terrorism and violent extremism are the two sides of the same coin.

Mr. Chairman,

10. Nigeria notes with satisfaction the efforts of the United Nations and the rest of the international community to contain ISIL. We certainly need to do more. We need to take military action combined with effective border security, intelligence collection and sharing, and vigorous policing action.

11. These alone may not suffice, but they can certainly stem the tide and reverse the process of recruitment, movement and effective operation of foreign terrorist fighters and their associated radical extremists. In order to put in place the critical components of an effective approach to countering ISIL and eventually defeating it, we must address the threat from the source.

12. We must find a way to prevent young people from turning to terror in the first place. And the young people that turn to violent extremism do not exist in a vacuum – they are often part of communities and families and are lured into the fold of barbaric and nihilistic organizations, somehow, through a misguided appeal to their worst fears, expectations and apparent frustrations.

Mr Chairman,

13. While addressing the causes of this attraction and how to deal with them, we should pay close attention to other manifest factors that may not be tangible but can be crucial. Good governance, which entails transparency, accountability and rule of law, remains the basis on which we should kick-start the process of ridding the world of the menace of terrorism and violent extremism.

14. The international community will be required to work together to deter and disrupt illicit financial flows from nations with weak anti–theft structures to other parts of the world.

15. Where such funds are identified, the victim State should be assisted to recover them expeditiously. Mr Chairman, you have yourself observed that “groups like al-Qa’ida and ISIL exploit the anger that festers when people feel that injustice and corruption leave them with no chance of improving their lives.”

Mr Chairman,

16. Member States need to address local socio-economic grievances by formulating policies that would ensure broad-based transformation through job creation, equalization of opportunities and expanding access to social services.

17. We in Africa need also rededicate ourselves to uphold the mandate of the African Union Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and other good governance initiatives that we have adopted in our region, to encourage conformity with political, economic and corporate governance values.

Mr. Chairman,

18. The Secretary-General of the United Nations noted in February 2015, we are facing the “the greatest test our human family faces in the 21st century”. Thus, all options must be explored and all hands must be on deck in the quest for a durable and a lasting panacea to the threat posed by ISIL, Al-Qaida, Boko Haram and the like.

Thank you for your attention.

http://www.koboup.com/2015/09/buhari-lectures-world-leaders-on-how-to-counter-isil/

Now i can fell and say i have a president.

He has not countered boko haram and he is looking for ISIS

Teacher!

Ezenwammadu:
He has not countered boko haram and he is looking for ISIS

Lol I tire ooo

Lolz He knows all these yet boko haram has been running rampage for the last 4 months!! Onye nkuzi otakpu

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Naija don join coalition army against ISIL. Just heard it on Al Jazeera.

Hassan080196:
Naija don join coalition army against ISIL. Just heard it on Al Jazeera.

l heard Algeria

what he didn't tell them how every is the fact that he is a jihadists and an Islamic fundamentalist

chukwudi44:
Lolz He knows all these yet boko haram has been running rampage for the last 4 months!! Onye nkuzi otakpu

The PMB government have seriously decimated the capabilities of boko haram in the last 4 months. The recent hit and run attacks is from the remnant of the group who are trying desperately to stay above water. They no longer control territory like they did under GEJ.

seunmsg:
The PMB government have seriously decimated the capabilities of boko haram in the last 4 months. The recent hit and run attacks is from the remnant of the group who are trying desperately to stay above water. They no longer control territory like they did under GEJ.

How many towns and villages were boko haram controlling when GEJ handed over to Buhari in MAY?

That in be say US and others do not want to catch isil anymore! Buhari never cage Boko Na isil lecture e de give! Isokay!

coolhumble:
Now i can fell and say i have a president.

Hmm! dis one na graduate from the renowned Bubu college of Turenchi (Daura campus).

Maybe I'm mistaken.

Ezenwammadu:
He has not countered boko haram and he is looking for ISIS

Are you tired of shouting Biafra?
well,you people are supplying them arms to continue fighting,so that you will say buhari has failed,but i promised you,you guys are on a looonnnnng thing!

Toktee:
Are you tired of shouting Biafra?
well,you people are supplying them arms to continue fighting,so that you will say buhari has failed,but i promised you,you guys are on a looonnnnng thing!

l also heard chike from Aba is the commander of boko haram

SAI BABA keep up the good work!!!

Mogidi:
How many towns and villages were boko haram controlling when GEJ handed over to Buhari in MAY?

Bulls eye

They always forget that it was Buhari who removed all military checkpoints and unleashed boko haram on us

It is the small respect i have for the presidency, I would have said Buhari call your boys to order

Ezenwammadu:
He has not countered boko haram and he is looking for ISIS

lol. I was just about saying that. But it doesnt matter. BH is ISIL and ISIL is BH. Its just a nomenclature. They are all Terrorist. Mind u just like Al Qaeda spreaded same way ISIL have started too. So dont be to fast to critisize

OldJohn:
Bulls eye

They always forget that it was Buhari who removed all military checkpoints and unleashed boko haram on us

It is the small respect i have for the presidency, I would have said Buhari call your boys to order

what are u saying boy? Where in our constitution does it says army should take care of internal security?? Dt only happens in military govt. Stop showing ur naivity. Just read and keep shot if u hav nothn inteligent to say.

hassan85:
what are u saying boy? Where in our constitution does it says army should take care of internal security?? Dt only happens in military govt. Stop showing ur naivity. Just read and keep shot if u hav nothn inteligent to say.

Stupid man, read this

C - Armed Forces of the Federation.

217. (1) There shall be an armed forces for the Federation which shall consist of an army, a navy, an Air Force and such other branches of the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National Assembly.

(2) The Federation shall, subject to an Act of the National Assembly made in that behalf, equip and maintain the armed forces as may be considered adequate and effective for the purpose of -

(a) defending Nigeria from external aggression;

(b) maintaining its territorial integrity and securing its borders from violation on land, sea, or air;

(c) suppressing insurrection and acting in aid of civil authorities to restore order when called upon to do so by the President , but subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by an Act of the National Assembly;

Is Buhari not using them right now to restore internal security? Why doesn't he use police to chase after them?



The military road blocks was only dispatched to the areas affected by the BH insurgency yet he removed them and the influx was so massive. One would wonder why an "acclaimed" general didn't see it coming. Perhaps.....



Goan hide in Sambisa forest instead of displaying the illiteracy that runs in your blood

coolhumble:
Now i can fell and say i have a president.

[size=20pt]I can "fell" [/size] LMAO!!!!!!!

seunmsg:
The PMB government have seriously decimated the capabilities of boko haram in the last 4 months. The recent hit and run attacks is from the remnant of the group who are trying desperately to stay above water. They no longer control territory like they did under GEJ.

how did dey start under GEJ? did dey jux woke up n start controlling territories?

[quote author=Toktee post=38509221]Are you tired of shouting Biafra?
well,you people are supplying them arms to continue fighting,so that you will say buhari has failed,but i promised you,you guys are on a looonnnnng thing![/quoti don't no if u re from d North n a Muslim? my question is mux Muslim n northerners blame others for d problems dey created for themselves? for ISIS dey will blame US, Alcaeda dey will blame US book haram it was GEJ now dat he's no longer there dey now blame d Ibos........ guy till u guys solve d issue of child marriage n do birth control peace will neva reigns in Muslim land

Man of peace and integrity. Stay blessed @PMB

laffytaffy1:
[size=20pt]I can "fell" [/size] LMAO!!!!!!!

Was an error, hope your headache is gone?

LMAO . The man cant fight boko haram except on the pages of newspaper now wants to fight IS.

Abeg no attract them come naija oo, we have enough wahala for here.

Nonsense mod please close this thread

Ezenwammadu:
He has not countered boko haram and he is looking for ISIS

You take am from my mouth.


The adage says the man whose house is burning should not pursue rat.

coolhumble:
Was an error, hope your headache is gone?

You know I'm only messing with you right. No one even me and my flat head is prefect.

Buhari the teacher!!!