When I told my assistant that I have only two more motivational pieces to write on this year, he asked me if I was sure. Of course, I was not, as I always say that the reason I write is because I enjoy writing, and perhaps, there is always something very urgent to talk about, one of which is the topic under discourse.
The first time I heard that the Boko Haram means ‘western education is a sin’, I laughed, laughed and laughed...very strange!
The activities of the Boko Haram group in the Northern Nigeria are fast becoming a despicable crime prejudicial to our country’s development.
We saw it first happened in Bornu State. Now, it is being rumoured that there are branches of the group in Niger, Kano, Yobe and Plateau states.
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English defines the word ‘barbarian’ as someone who does not behave properly, and does not show proper respect for education; someone who behaves in a way that is cruel and uncivilised. This is what the sect’s members are.
They just hide under the canopy of Islam, but let me remind you that As-Salam-Mualeikum means ‘peace be unto you’ and in my many years of research, I am yet to see where Islam supports the Boko Haram (please, I stand to be corrected on this).
I schooled in the North (lived in an Islamic community), and the woman next compound was ‘Mama Halima’ (A devout Muslim, a Hausa). I could not call her Mama Halima; I referred to her and regarded her as ‘my mummy’. Why? She treated me in same manner my mother would have pampered me, if I had schooled where she lived.
She gave me food when I ran out of food stuffs, water, when we had water scarcity, money, when school boy was broke, and cares as if she was my real mother. This is to tell you how nice Hausa muslims could be. One does not know where this sect got its blood-thirsty doctrines and barbaric tendencies from.
If the Boko Haram sect members are against the Western education, then, instead of killing innocent people, they should eliminate the capitalists advancious leaders (past and present), who have brought us to where we are today.
