Nigerians should not be afraid of bokoharam

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THE General Overseer of the
Assemblies of God Church of Nigeria,
Prof Paul Emeka, yesterday, asked
Nigerians, particularly those living in the
southern part of the country, not to be
afraid over the threat by Boko Haram to
disrupt the Christmas celebration.
Addressing newsmen, Prof Emeka said
there was nothing like Boko Haram but
an invention aimed at islamizing the
country.
He wondered the kind of religion that
relishes in killing and maiming people
and yet hold tight to the belief that
paradise was theirs.
He dismissed the excuse by members of
the sect that they were fighting poverty
as a ruse, saying “If truly they are
fighting poverty why should their
targets be the poor people, churches
and other places of worship?”
He said: ”They should have turned their
guns on those at the top and leave the
poor masses alone. After all who is not
hungry in Nigeria. Everybody is hungry.
They are just interested in killing”.
“You don’t address poverty by killing
people. The people they are killing are
poor people”.
f they want to fight poverty, if they
want to cause revolution and want to
protest against the government for
causing poverty, let them go to Aso Rock
and fight the big men. The problem is
that they go to churches. The Aso Rock
is not in the church. They attack the
churches, giving the impression that the
churches have all the money in Nigeria,”
Prof Emeka said.
The clergyman argued that if Boko
Haram was not invented for the purpose
of the complete islamazation of Nigeria,
let the prominent people in the North
speak up and tell the world whether if
the Boko Haram method is the
acceptable way to evangelize.
Prof Emeka, however, enjoined all and
sundry in the South to be vigilant during
this Christmas celebration as the
reported infiltration of the Boko Haram
in the Southern states was not a hoarse.
“We should be cautious but not fearful
to ensure that they do not succeed in
their nefarious activities,” he counseled.
He further urged the federal, state, local
governments as well as the churches to
evolve security devices and approaches
that would effectively nip the plans of
the sect in the bud.
“We would not allow this country to be
disintegrated due to the activities of the
Boko Haram. While I sympathize with the
Northern states, I will advise those of
the South to be extra vigilant and make
sure that they do not infiltrate their
states,” said Prof Emeka, who lamented
that several members of his church had
been attacked in North since the Boko
Haram crisis began.