Governor Adamawa state
The Adamawa State Government on Friday
announced a package of N200m to engage prayer warriors towards seeking
divine intervention to tackle activities of the Boko Haram sect.
The Chief of Staff of the state
governor, Alhaji Abdurahman Jimeta, made the disclosure in a media chat
aired on the Adamawa State Television in Yola.
Jimeta explained that the money was sourced from the state and local governments’ joint account.
“We have earmarked N200m for prayers to
seek for Allah’s intervention in tackling the Boko Haram menace and
other insecurity challenges threatening the stability of the state,” he
said.
However, a security analyst based in Abuja, Jide Oluyemi, said the state government’s initiative was a poor one.
He said that even though prayers were necessary, they would not solve the Boko Haram problem.
Oluyemi said, “This is a clueless
option. It is not totally workable. I am not disputing that we should
not pray, but when we start budgeting money for spiritualists to fight
Boko Haram, then, there is a real problem. What we need are equipment
and personnel to flush out the insurgents.”
Meanwhile, the United States Ambassador
to Nigeria, James Entwistle, said on Friday that the US never placed an
arms embargo on Nigeria, adding that the US is the greatest partner with
Nigeria in the campaign against Boko Haram.
In an interview with Channels Television
which the US embassy uploaded on its YouTube page, Entwistle stressed
the US’ relations with Nigeria and clarified the notion that the US
refused to sell arms to Nigeria sometime last year.
Entwistle said, “Again, no one is doing
and no one will do more to win Boko Haram than the United States. We are
ready to continue helping the Nigerian military; that has always been
the case. But as we do that, we have to look at the individuals involved
if they have human rights problem.”
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