An anti-terror coalition of Nigerians at home and in diaspora, Nigerians Unite Against Boko Haram (NUABH) has launched a campaign to prevail on the United States government to list the Boko Haram group as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO).
The campaign has so far gathered signatures from more than 70 Nigerian professionals, students, and business people at home and diaspora communities from over 16 different countries.
Also in a statement, NUABH condemned the wanton destruction of lives and property in Nigeria by the Islamic fundamentalists.
NUABH which has more than 4,500 members online drawn from over 50 countries across the world believes the activities of Boko Haram pose serious threat to the unity of Nigeria and it’s developmental aspirations in addition to seriously painting the nation very bad light abroad.
“For Nigerians in many countries across the world, the most regularly news you get about Nigeria in the last two to three years has been of killings and suicide bombings. We as Nigerians reject this identity that Boko Haram has fostered on us as a people,” stated Funmi Macaulay, a New York-based executive member of the group.
Source: THISDAY newspapers
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