Boko Haram planned to bomb the entire country – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said various attacks by Boko
Haram in Abuja were planned to extend to parts of the country with the
intention of bringing down the nation.
He stated this when he attended the revival service of the Lord's
Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement at its headquarters in Ijesha,
Lagos.
"The idea of the group was to start from the centre of the country and
then move to bring the whole country down,'' Jonathan said.
He listed the United Nation's building, Police Headquarters, Army
barracks market and Nyanya Motor Park as some of the places the
terrorist organisation attacked in the federal capital.
He, however, said that the efforts of the Federal Government had
curtailed the spread of the attacks to other parts of the country,
except in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
The president said that insurgency and terrorism were global phenomena
that were not peculiar to Nigeria, but added that with international
collaboration, the Armed Forces would defeat the extremists.
"We are working hard as a government and with your cooperation, we
will rout terrorism.
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"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,'' he said.
He thanked members of the church and the Christian community in the
country for their intercessory prayers and urged them not to relent.
"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,'' Jonathan said.
The General Overseer of the church, Pastor Lazarus Muoka, led the
congregation through intercessory prayers for God to bless the nation
with unity, peace and stability.
The faithful also prayed to God to give the president good health and
strength to continue to prosper the nation.
They also prayed for pre-election and post-election peace in the
country and for the Lord to protect and preserve the president to
enable him to achieve national prosperity.
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