Buhari Condemns Boko Haram says they don't believe in Allah!

"You [bokoharam] can’t send people with explosives and kill people anywhere whether it’s in the church, in the marketplace or children in school and you say, “Allahu Akhbar.” I say it’s either you don’t know what you are saying or you don’t believe in it" said Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's Former Head Of State.

The Former Head of state said that he is a man with no fear, and that he was confident in Nigeria’s future. 

His surprising comments during the wide topic Skype interview with Sahara TV, were the former General’s comments, and his posture of walking in confidence. This comes in spite of being a major target of Nigeria’s most vicious terrorist group, Boko Haram. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, said that he has no fear of Boko Haram.

“I am not bothered by them (targeting me,”) said the general who describes himself as a proud Muslim. The resident of Nigeria’s northwestern region said that the “government has given me adequate protection,” even amid recent strikes by the Boka Haram that has left carnage in much of the northeast.

Buhari took sharp aim at what he called the cowardly targeting of children in playgrounds, school students eating lunch, and shoppers at souks, by the radical Islamist group.

In a recent interview with the Voice of America, the general referred to Boko Haram as “Devilish,” and he did not let up when pressed further by Sahara  TV’s Rudolf Okonkwo. “Nigeria has the capacity to nip this in the bud,” he said, adding that one way to fight the group, and other would-be terrorists organizations is coming to agreements with neighboring countries, like Chad, Cameroon, and Benin Republic over the unauthorized circulation of weaponry, and training grounds. 

Comparing the Boko Haram group with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the tenure of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, he noted that the two groups,  were similar, and so are the comparisons of issues surrounding the Nigerian army’s tarnished reputation fighting the group, and its relationship with average citizens. The same criticisms of rape, brutality, and distain of the public were leveled against the British forces, as is the case now with the Nigerian army.

“Nigerian military’s primary responsibility is to protect its citizens,” he said. Yet, according to several human rights groups, the Nigerian military has come under fire with wide reports of rape, theft, and outright brutality. It is the same sort of criticism British forces were targeted with while fighting the IRA, the general said.

He said he believes the Nigerian army has been properly trained to fight insurgents out-of-uniform, when compared with other countries.

The retired General comments were wide ranging, but his stance on Boko Haram is sure to gain attention. In spite of it, he said, “the country can be mobilized, and that gives me hope."