JOS, Nigeria — The president of the Church of Christ in Nations, the Rev. Dachollom Datiri, has linked Boko Haram to radical Islamic groups and urged the federal government to investigate public figures and clerics he alleged were connected to the insurgency.
Speaking to journalists at the COCIN headquarters in Jos on Friday, May 16, 2014, Datiri also urged President Goodluck Jonathan to remain focused and steadfast, and to seek divine guidance in governing the country.
Datiri described Boko Haram as “a child of Islamic fundamentalism nurtured over the years by radical Muslim youth groups, trained and indoctrinated both locally and internationally by extremists to hate and kill Christians.”
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He also warned against what he characterised as an attempt to Islamise Nigeria and urged Christians not to yield to intimidation.
“Muslims should note that they cannot and will not Islamise Nigeria nor achieve their Jihadist movement; therefore Christians must rise up and defend themselves and not give in to threats and intimidation,” Datiri said.
The cleric further called for urgent federal action against people he alleged had been implicated in the activities of Boko Haram.
“The federal government should as a matter of urgency apprehend and interrogate some prominent personalities and clerics in the country who are implicated in one way or the other in Boko Haram activities,” he said.
