President Goodluck Jonathan said on February 7 that Boko Haram planned to launch attacks across the whole territory of Nigeria after the Abuja offensive.Jonathan made the claim while speaking during a revival service of the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement in Ijesha, Lagos, Premium Times reports.“The idea of the group was to start from the centre of the country and then move to bring the whole country down.”However, due to the timely response of the federal government, the further expansion was stopped. According to Jonathan, his government’s efforts curtailed the spread to other parts of the country, except in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.“We are working hard as a government and with your cooperation, we will rout terrorism.
We will work harder to protect all Nigerians.“We will improve the economy so that people will have jobs so that these distractions about terror will end.”President Jonathan also thanked the General Overseer, Lazarus Muoka, and the Christian community for their prayers.“We believe we should not campaign in churches but I am here to thank the General Overseer and members of the church for what you are doing. Your spiritual work has not only helped members of the church but helped the country.”It should be recalled that the April 14 and May 1, 2014, Abuja attacks claimed hundreds of lives and left many injured. At that time fresh fears emerged that Boko Haram had started moving to the south of the country.
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