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.
“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.