Boko Haram: Church petitions UN, indicts Nigerian Government

The international community has been called upon to intervene swiftly in the current security challenges in Nigeria, as the Nigerian government has been accused of compromising efforts to protect the lives of the people any longer.
Reverend Samuel D. Dali, the President Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, in a petition to the United Nations General Assembly, appealed to the international community not to spare any effort to come to the rescue of innocent Christian children, women and the elderly that are massacred in their churches by members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram.
Dali said in the letter: “We urge the United Nations and particularly the Western powers to act quickly as they have done in Syria, Iraq and even Darfur region of Sudan, they should not neglect the suffering Christians of North Eastern Nigeria at the mercy of the Boko haram Islamic terrorists who have brutally ransacked all the Christian communities from their native land.
“The worst hit is our Church, the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN Church), which has its Headquarters in Mubi, Adamawa State Nigeria.
“It is true that there are many conflicts going on globally at the moment but the pogrom by Boko Haram and the Northern Nigeria states government deserve a special attention to starve the complete annihilation and extermination of the remaining Christian population.”
Dali said the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has lost 750 churches to the attack of the Islamic terrorists group, Boko Haram, and expressed the firm belief that the august assembly has enough grounds to intervene in the situation in North Eastern Nigeria.
He added: “This august assembly must not wait until 800,000 innocent people like in Rwanda are killed before they will intervene. Now is the time to take action to prevent this catastrophe in North Eastern Nigeria which has actually spread to the Republic of Cameroun, Chad and some part of Central African Republic from escalating beyond control.
“As it is, it is only the UN can stop the pogrom on Christians in North Eastern Nigeria by the vicious and savagery Boko Haram Islamic terrorists group.
“As at the time of presenting this petition, Boko Haram the vicious and savagery Islamic terrorists are still holding the innocent Chibok girls captive and in slavery.
“We once more seek the immediate deployment of UN peace keeping and peace enforcement troops in the states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe until peace is permanently returned.
“Since the Nigerian government has failed in its primary responsibility to protect its citizens in North Eastern Nigeria, the UN should declare the above three states as a UN territory as it did in the Darfur region of Sudan.”