By Abdullahi M. Gulloma
Abuja
Ending insurgency in Africa would require stronger collaboration and commitment from governments, financial institutions and security agencies in tracking the sponsorship of terrorist activities, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday.
In a farewell audience with the High Commissioner of Kenya to Nigeria, Mr. Tom Amolo, at the State House in Abuja, the President said terrorist attacks in Africa bore similar trademarks of intense planning, strong alliances and proper financial sponsorship, which must be thoroughly investigated and reversed.
“Terrorist activities always have financial sponsorships and this can be seen in their acquisition of weapons, their movements and other logistics. Here in Nigeria, we saw that Boko Haram had strong material resources and they had a close link to ISIL,” he said.
The President said African governments must make efforts to dissuade the younger generation from joining the ranks of terrorist groups, who explore youthful minds for suicide bombings.
“We need a whole cultural orientation in order to succeed against terrorism.”
In his remarks, the outgoing High Commissioner said he enjoyed his stay in Nigeria and still looked forward to returning to the country in the near future.
