12/17/2011

What's In Stall For New Years After The Christmas Bombing?


Christmas which was supposed to be celebrated with jingles, carols and sharing of quality time with loved ones has taken a different turn due to terrorism. A militant Muslim group called 'BOKO HARAM' has taken it upon themselves to destroy any progress or development in Nigeria, for the past three years the rate of terrorism has grown rapidly and thousands of lives lost due to attacks and bombings by this Islamic group.
BOKO HARAM has sworn to make the activities and lives of Christians miserable, this emanated the series of bombings of churches on Christmas day, which caused an estimate of 250 casualties with over 150 dead and others seriously injured. It was reported that the bombs were set off during church service in over 3 different churches. Citizens all over Nigeria are in mourning over the loss of friends and loved ones, with these attacks it is now clear that all hopes of a joyful and peaceful Christmas celebration has been destroyed.

However, with the fear that these attacks by 'BOKO HARAM' hints an impending religious war, the Federal Government has made note that they are working hard to stave off any inter-religious worships centres around the country, the President Dr Goodluck Jonathan has also made consultations with the major religious leaders of both the Islamic and Christians, to reassure them that there was no conflict whatsoever between them.
Members and associations of this terrorist group are been arrested and prosecuted daily while some are still awaiting judgement, but despite all these arrests the group still seems to be unstoppable. This has raised a lot of questions and enquiries from the public whether the security agents are really doing their best to tackle this situation.
Research has proved that Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with over 167 million people, and that the security agents estimated at 400,000 are just not enough match for protecting that amount of population.
Moreover, it has been rumoured that 'BOKO HARAM' has a very serious and devious plan to be launched any day from the 31th of December to New years, the inspector general of police made a response to this rumour by assuring Nigerians that the situation is under control, he also urged Nigerians to continue with the Christmas and New year celebration. But this has brought very little comfort to the citizens due to the fact that these terrorists seems to be more angered by the arrest and prosecutions of their members.

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