Church leaders welcome AU troops deployment in Nigeria

Lagos – The 7 200-strong force is composed of
military personnel drawn from Cameroon, Chad,
Nigeria and Niger with the United States of America
assuring both military and intelligence support.
Several Christian and Muslim leaders, who spoke to
CAJ News this weekend, welcomed the move to
deploy the troops following AU's organisation of the
Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) to dismantle
the Boko Haram insurgency.
In an interview, Chief Emeka Adenigba, who is also a
Muslim church leader, said the AU's renewed
support for Nigeria was a huge development.
"We would like thank the AU, especially the African
Union Commission chairwoman, Dr Nkosazana
Dlamini-Zuma, and Zimbabwean President Robert
Mugabe's Pan African approach.
"Such unity of purpose displayed by the new-look AU
was missing for many years. I strongly believe with
this latest military action, very soon peace would
return to Nigeria," Adenigba said.
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Pastor Charles Okwonkwo of the Evangelical Ministry
in Lagos echoed his sentiments.
He appealed to Nigerians to unite and complement
the troops in the fight against the Boko Haram.
"They have caused much anxiety to the nation and
neighbouring countries. We pray those that behind
the Boko Haram be arrested and thrown to life
imprisonment with the keys thrown to the sea for
them to rot in jail," he said.
The Boko Haram, which is attempting to carve an
Islamic state in Africa's most populous country and
biggest economy, has to date massacred 13 000
people in Nigeria with more than a million others
displaced from their communities since 2009.
The AU military initiative has repelled the Boko
Haram in the north before liberating regions such as
Gamboru-Ngala, Malamfatori, Abadam, Kirawa and
Ashigashiya and Michika.

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