Boko Haram is not religious group – Junaid Mohammed

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, said yesterday that it was wrong for some Nigerians to associate Boko Haram with Islam or Christianity, saying that the sect was purely a terrorist organisation.

Mohammed, who is the National Chairman of Peoples Salvation Party said: “As far as I am concerned, Boko Haram is a terrorist group; it has nothing to do with Islam or Christianity. Let those who are ignorant stop associating it with any religion and face the reality on the ground.


“People should not bring religion into what should be done through proper leadership,” he added.
The former lawmaker, however, warned Nigerians against vilifying President Goodluck Jonathan over his decision not to use force against Boko Haram, pointing out that it was his discretion to use or not use force in any situation.


He said: “The President is exercising his power of discretion. It is within his power to or not deploy soldiers to crush Boko Haram or any other group that causes violence in the country”. Mohammed maintained that the National Assembly should however remove the President for allegedly committing impeachable offences.


Asked to name the offences committed by the president, Mohammed said that the refusal to implement the budget as passed by the National Assembly and assented to by Jonathan as well as the misuse of the subsidy funds were some of the offences for which he should be removed.


Responding to Edwin Clark’s recent call for the arrest and prosecution of some northern leaders for not doing enough to checkmate Boko Haram, Mohammed asked Nigerians to ignore the antics of the Ijaw leader, as he was just trying to seek relevance from the administration and Nigerians.


“There is no need to dignify Clark with response. It is a pity that a government that wants to make progress can continue to rely on people like Clark,” Mohammed said.

Boko Haram is not religious group – Junaid Mohammed

@Dr. "Juneaid" Mohammed or whatever he calls himself should better go to bed. That Doctorial cap doesn't even fits him!
When they would be there doing bureaucratic non-chalant deliberations there in Abuja, when Christians and Churches are being exterminated in the North states, how will they not open their gutters and be issuing out infuriating statements. Bunch of Idiots. The turbanned youths that almost burned my house that even led to my sister passing out are Christians now. Abi? They don't even feel whats on ground. How many mosques has been attacked compared to churches? Abi mosques are more secured than churches? Just sit there, very soon Christians would test a new counter-terrorism approach.
Concerning the impeachment stuff, its a pity useless law makers don't even know the law they have in their hands.
What are the grounds for impeachment and its procedures? These people are just multi-facetedly sick! Arhh!
And I don't know why they won't put the suggestions of Southern Politicians to test before they vilify them. They are behaving like a father protecting their guilty child from arrest.
If they want to be cleared then do what is said and lets reason thereafter! Nincompoops!