Theories of Boko Haram

Alot of theories have been made over the issue and activities of Boko Haram over the last few months, some say its the continuation of the Yusufiyya movement of the late Muhammad Yusuf, others say its a western conspiracy design to destroy Islam and d region, some believe it is a combination of the two. What ever we believe, whatever might be true, the fact is things have changed, d rules have been altered and we have no control over the game any more. A new wave of socio-religious crisis has been introduced and the attention of the world is now on us. All this is purely the manifestation of bad leadership, injustice and an extremely selfish elite (ruling class) who have no regards to any opinion but theirs. These over the years has created a problem that is eluding the whole nation.

For the region to survive and grow, good governance must be demanded and entrenched. Responsible leadership must be the hallmark for our choice of leaders and performance the yardstick. This is the region's only hope and by extention the country's only hope. Military solutions creates further violence because violence begets violence in a continuous vicious circle of hate and intolerance that only good leadership and governance can break. We have to be interested in the affairs of our region to be able to demand for what is best. To this I repeat, wake up arewa, wake up!