Nigeria: 'Boko Haram Is the Product of Illiteracy'

22 June 2014
interview

Prelate Sunday Ola Makinde, a retired Methodist clergy, says the Boko Haram insurgency ravaging parts of the North is the end result of the failure of the northern oligarchy to give the people education. He condemns the activities of the group as unislamic and says any dialogue with the sect should centre on education for the members. Makinde speaks with Funke Olaode. Excerpts:

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