Too hot to handle ? Boko Haram has infiltrated my govt – Jonathan

[Cornelius Hamelberg]

What to do? Jonathan declares Boko Haram has members in govt, army,
police

http://www.peoplesdaily-online.com/news/national-news/27784-jonathan-declares----boko-haram-has-members-in-govt-army-police

They are now everywhere:

Boko Haram has infiltrated my govt – Jonathan

(This could promote widespread suspicion and maybe some smoking out of
the suspected Haramies. Going by a name such as Sheikh Ibrahim would
not be too helpful if it brings upon you a cloud of suspicion....)

http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-has-infiltrated-my-govt-jonathan/

January 9, 2012 by Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja 201 Comments

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday alleged the dreaded Islamic
sect, Boko Haram, had infiltrated his government.

He claimed some of members of the group, which had claimed
responsibility for the killings in parts of the North, were in the
executive, legislative and judiciary arms of government as well as the
police and armed forces.
Jonathan spoke during an inter-denominational service to mark the 2012
Armed Forces Remembrance Day.
He said the situation had made it more difficult to combat Boko Haram.

The President described the current security situation in the country
as worse than the civil war experience.
He said, “This is a particular time when the country has major
security challenges. There are explosions every day, people are dying
and are being killed daily without any reason.

“It is a period we also call on the armed forces, including those that
have retired to hang with their colleagues that are still in service
and government to see how collectively we can protect our nation.

“I believe we will overcome our immediate challenges. The situation we
have in our hands is even worse than the civil war that we fought.

“During the civil war, we knew and we could even predict where the
enemy was coming from, you can even know the route they are coming
from, you can even know what calibre of weapon they will use and so
on.

“But the challenge we have today is more complicated. I remember when
I held a meeting with elders from the North-East and some parts of the
North-West where the Boko Haram phenomenon is more prevalent, somebody
said that the situation is bad that even if one’s son is a member, one
will not even know.

“That means that if the person will plant a bomb behind your house you
won’t know.

“Some of them are in the executive arm of government, some of them are
in the parliamentary/legislative arm of government while some of them
are even in the judiciary.

“Some are also in the armed forces, the police and other security
agencies. Some continue to dip their hands and eat with you and you
won’t even know the person who will point a gun at you or plant a bomb
behind your house.”
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev.
Nicholas Okoh, in his sermon titled ‘Patriotism at its Height’, said
as the nation was passing through trying times, the total loyalty of
members of the armed forces remained the only asset available to the
President.

Okoh said corruption and insecurity persisted in the country, because
major gladiaters lacked patriotism zeal.
“I assure Nigerians that we shall get over it. We are meeting every
day and we are planning. We are going to increase the strength and the
capacity of the security services to confront the modern challenges we
face.”

The President identified greed and selfishness as what he called the
twin evil facing the country, saying corruption is only a symptom of
the two.

He said only greed and selfishness would make a marketer to smuggle
petrol which has been subsidised by government to neighbouring
countries.

Jonathan said the two evils were not limited to government
functionaries only. He reiterated his position that though Nigerians
might suffer a little, the nation would get to the promised land.