September 25, 2014 – President Goodluck Jonathan has said that at least 13,000 people have been killed by the radical Islamic sect, Boko Haram since it started its onslaught on Nigerians in the North East.
Boko Haram Kills 13,000 in Nigeria; As Jonathan Links Funding to Foreigners
“The costs are high: over 13,000 people have been killed, whole communities razed, and hundreds of persons kidnapped, the most prominent being the mindless kidnap of our innocent daughters from Chibok Secondary School, in North East Nigeria”, he said.
The President who spoke while addressing a high powered delegation at the United Nations Security Council, said that there are evidence suggesting that the sect obtained finances not within Nigeria but from outside and called on nations to capitalize on the commitment and evident determination of the Security Council to seek more innovative responses to the threat of terrorism and in particular to the growing menace of foreign fighters.
“The Council should be concerned about the existence of sources of arming and funding terrorists. Evidence has shown that Boko Haram, for instance, is resourced largely from outside our country.
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“ We must also commit to ensuring that countries which are in the frontline of this challenge, receive adequate support from the international community. The Resolution that we have adopted here today is a critical first step in mobilising international action”, he noted adding that only by united action and firm resolve can the world check raging threat to humanity, and also build the enduring structures that will resist re-emergence of terrorists.
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