BOKO HARAM: A MEMO TO THE WESTERN MEDIA

19 Responses to “BOKO HARAM: A MEMO TO THE WESTERN MEDIA”

1. Dapsy says:

   February 16, 2012 at 12:03

   Yeah! Right.
2. saadat says:

   February 16, 2012 at 12:36

   Glad dere’z some1 who can actually see beyond d surface.
3. Yariman Kwanchi says:

   February 16, 2012 at 12:50

   i wish all Nigerians will see this not through the eyes but mind.
4. waheedah says:

   February 16, 2012 at 13:07

   I wish majority of Nigerians could read this article and understand it the way we do. This is a battle for us all to join hands and save our country from it enemies. GOD help us all. Thumbs up omojuwa. Keep the sensitization up.
5. IBRAHIM UBA YUSUF says:

   February 16, 2012 at 13:58

   The media must be fair, accurate and factual in its coverage. Enough of bias and incredible reports.
6. wale says:

   February 16, 2012 at 18:57

   If they keep blowing up ordinary people and southerners in the north bear the brunt of the attacks, then we will keep insinuating the religious angle. Lets face it, the need for religious subjudication fuels terrorism all over the muslim dominated world. Thats where the stereotype stems from. Let BH blow up 10 important government officials, then we’ll know they are against the state. The only way they can recruit in droves is by telling the ignorant muslims that this is an holy war and Alijuana is assured. Abeg, leave story.
7. Plumbtifex says:

   February 16, 2012 at 19:09

   Brilliant, apt and very much in place! But then, for the media, ‘Truth’ and ‘Convenient’ are synonymns
8. Agboola Olayinka says:

   February 16, 2012 at 19:39

   Finally there is sanity!!..I’m happy you can actually see what this is all about…it is NOT a religious ‘war’
9. Musa Ado says:

   February 16, 2012 at 20:28

   Yea Omojuwa. If only those who keep insulting the Northerners and by way the Muslims could read this piece and give it an objective thought, things would really change. The negative perception of our Christian brothers about Boko Haram attacks has caused so much disaffection and mistrust. May Allah see all of us both Christians and Muslims through this mess.
10. Nuruddeen Muhammad says:

    February 16, 2012 at 20:48

    Please Wale! Guys like you, YES YOU WALE! Are as bad as Boko Haram because you are never objective. Where the heck did you get this stupid notion that Boko haram are killing southerners in the north? What is it about this Boko Haram madness you fail to understand? Don’t you know that by far, majority of their victims are Muslims from the north? And if you are talking about terrorism in Muslim country alone then you need a serious lesson in history. Maybe 1st WW and 2nd WW where non Muslims killed themselves in millions can be our first topic.
    Please hold on to your not so intelligent comments to yourself, this is a platform where objectivity and intellect are welcomed, thank you.
11. omadegbo says:

    February 16, 2012 at 22:48

    @Wale, i think you have your history twisted. How does subjugation fuel terrorism in the Muslim countries if at all there is such? Can you point to a Muslim country with such characteristics? Btw, Google how the Israelis carried terrorist activities against the brits. There was no incidence of sucide bombers in Iraq until the invasion by the US nd ditto Libya. Iran has never attacked any country in its history. You can check the rest. Most victims of BH has been the poor masses and police men.
    Please do a bit of research next time.
12. Mahmood says:

    February 17, 2012 at 06:37

    Nuru & Degbo, that’s the way to go. Ignorance as we can see, doesn’t only exist within communities that strap bombs to themselves.
13. ahmed says:

    February 17, 2012 at 11:46

    I do not know which religion you belong to and I do not care. What I do know is that I will definately give you my vote against IBB or ATIKU or any of these northerners that had an opportunity to put things right but failed because of their selfishness.
14. Super Burrows says:

    February 17, 2012 at 19:30

    Yes indeed, it is a great article which is also factual and true. The menace of Boko Haram indeed has brought tension between the two major religious sects in Nigeria. Everybody in Nigeria knows that the fight is political but how can they get the attention if they don’t go on the scale in which they are acting now. Why will they give threats to people that they should leave the northern part of the country and even go around shooting and killing certain sect at their homes and business places? I think your point criticizing the western media may not go down well with me because i do know that what they do report is what the Boko Haram sect is painting to the whole world and it is only we the insiders that knows the deep of the fight. We do know that if they come out straight on a political ground, many won’t give up their precious or semiprecious lives for the fight and how can they give the fight a magnitude that is great, it is by including some religious attacks. The western media only report what they see and hear e.g bombing of churches, shooting and killing of people in church while worshiping,killing of people in their business stores and so on. if not for the scale of suicide bombing which has made it impossible for the sect to be specific in their target, i want to believe their goal is single minded and sure it has created a line of tension between religions in Nigeria. If their problem is with the Nigerian state, then let them take the fight to the government offices(Aso Rock, Goernment Houses, Senate House and House of Representatives, State Houses of Assembly) and let them leave bombing of churches and killing of Christians in churches alone. In conclusion, we all know the deep truth about events happening and the simple skeletal interpretation of these events is attach on Christians in the north and no one should blame the western media.
15. Super Burrows says:

    February 22, 2012 at 05:33

    The truth they say is bitter and when you know it, it will set you free. I posted a comment about a week ago concerning this article and now it has been deleted. People know the truth and let us call a spade a spade. I won’t be posting the same comment again though but i know people can not be deceived any more with literature.
16. kunle says:

    February 23, 2012 at 20:25

    Omojuwa You are a born Genius.Keep it up Bro
17. sadeeq says:

    February 23, 2012 at 22:42

    I wish majority of Nigerians could read this article and understand it the way we do. This is a battle for us all to join hands and save our country from it enemies. GOD help us all.keep being patriot.
18. YUSUF ABDULLAHI says:

    February 29, 2012 at 09:44

    To me Boko Haram, is not on war against ethn-religiouse, rather its just a conspiracy by some government agency in other to divert some money spent everyday for security into their private account..I thank God that we the Nigerians have satarted noticing all this conspiracy….
19. YUSUF ABDULLAHI says:

    February 29, 2012 at 09:45

    To me Boko Haram, is not on war against ethn-religiouse, rather its just a conspiracy by some government agency in other to divert some money spent everyday for security into their private account..I thank God that we the Nigerians have started noticing all this conspiracy….