Death Of Colonel Ali Shows Boko Haram Has Not Been Defeated — CAN

The National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Reverend Dr Samson Ayokunle has said that the recent death of Lt-Colonel Muhammad Abu Ali in Borno by terrorist group is an eye opener to the fact that Boko Haram had not been completely defeated. Equally, he noted that his (Ali)death and other officers who lost their lives defending the country was a testimony as well as commitment of the government in fighting the insurgents.

CAN President also said that the emergence of Donald Trump as the President-elect of United States of America was a plan of God to restore the lost morality in America.

Ayokunle stated this while speaking to newsmen at the opening ceremony of the 29th General Assembly of the Christian Council of Nigeria (CCN) tagged: ‘God of life; Lead Nigeria to Justice, Peace and Dignity’, in Abuja.

The cleric urged Nigerians not to see the temporary regrouping of insurgents in the north east as victory over the Nigerian Military, but to see it as a responsibility of all and join the Army to fight the terrorists.

He said “it is not yet over until it is over, the fact that a top army officer was killed recently was a signal that we have not defeated them, but the fact that a senior officer army officer was killed by Boko Haram was also an attestation to the commitment of the Federal Government to fight the insurgents.”

The CAN Boss said that corruption had become an endemic in the society, adding that all the sectors had been infested by it. “Corruption appears to be endemic our society. There is highly any sector that can be exempted. It is high time we rose and fight it. “It will cripple us and if we are not very careful, we will end up becoming a cripple giant because we have allowed the virus to enter into our system, it will do no one any good,” he said.