Former Navy Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, says Boko Haram has been a serious menace to Nigeria’s existence after the civil conflict.
Gowon mentioned Boko Haram had created a serious drawback in Nigeria.
He spoke in Abuja yesterday through the launch of two books written by Nigeria’s Ambassador to Russia, Professor Abdullahi Y. Shehu.
In keeping with Gowon: “Boko Haram has been a menace, maybe the foremost menace to the peace and improvement of Nigeria after the civil conflict.
“Boko Haram has certainly created a significant issue. After the Civil Struggle, l keep in mind saying, I hope that we’ll not expertise what we went by means of throughout that interval once more. Sadly, Boko Haram appeared.”
Gowon pressured that understanding the affect of Boko Haram would assist in fixing the issue.
He added: “Understanding the debilitating affect and the deleterious impact of the insurgency on Nigeria is essential to creating revolutionary options to the issue.
“This additionally applies to the opposite safety challenges that proceed to undermine the soundness and progress of Nigeria together with latest incidences of banditry, kidnapping, farmers/herders drawback and different violent conflicts in addition to different types being skilled in Nigeria in the present day.”
