{"id":25679,"date":"2014-04-23T09:53:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T08:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=25679"},"modified":"2014-04-23T09:54:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T08:54:26","slug":"nigerian-muslim-clerics-recruiting-boko-haram-members-cameroon-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nigerian-muslim-clerics-recruiting-boko-haram-members-cameroon-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Muslim clerics recruiting Boko Haram members \u2013 Cameroon Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u2014Nigerian Muslim clerics living in the border towns of Cameroon and Nigeria are recruiting Boko Haram members in their mosques, the government of Cameroon has alleged. Worse still, government officials in the North East states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa collaborate with the terrorists and take bribes from them, thereby, hindering the fight against the terrorists. Governors of these states also capitalise on their civilian fears to berate the army and the federal government.<\/p>\n<div id=\"entryContainer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div>\n<p>These allegations were published in a report, yesterday, by US-based online military news agency,\u00a0StrategyPage. The magazine explains that the army wants governors in the affected states removed because \u201cmany officials in those states are cooperating with Boko Haram (to avoid attack) and are taking bribes from the Islamic terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of these officials are covering themselves in case Boko Haram should gain power and the governors are often just responding to civilian fears of army misconduct,\u201d it noted.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine said: \u201cCameroon is also concerned about pro-Boko Haram clerics from Nigeria quietly preaching and recruiting for Boko Haram in Cameroon mosques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIslamic conservative clergy are not unusual on either side of the border, but those who do not denounce Boko Haram are suspected of quietly recruiting young men to join the \u201cjihad\u201d (struggle) and fight (and often die) in Nigeria. These preachers have to recruit quietly because otherwise police in Cameroon will arrest and deport them, sometimes after a vigorous interrogation. Evidence of this recruiting is showing up when some of the recruits return from Nigeria with tales of disillusionment and adversity while with Boko Haram,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine said that the Cameroonian government is \u201cbeing criticized because recent claims of large (over 5,000 weapons) arms seizures near the Nigerian border could not be verified by reporters. Civilians living in villages near where the government said the seizures took place said they saw nothing. The government responded that the smugglers operated in remote areas and avoided civilians as well as security forces. There are also concerns that even if weapons were seized they would, as often happens, be sold back to black market arms dealers so that government officials could keep the cash.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the military, the report said: \u201cResidents of those three states have justifiable complaints about the army, in particular the casual attitude of the military towards the safety of civilians and their property.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe army is also unreliable when it comes to sharing information on casualties. Thus Boko Haram related deaths so far this year are believed to be (based on local reports) at least 1,500, which is 50 per cent more than what the army reports. Boko Haram related deaths from 2010 to 2013 were about 3,600, so the violence is not declining.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government has been saying, for several years, that Boko Haram would be crushed within a year and never happens. More insightful observers point out that the problem is mainly one of corruption and poverty, as well as the appeal of Islamic radicalism as a magical cure. All of Nigeria suffers from corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPoverty is more prevalent in the Muslim north, in part because of climate. That\u2019s because the semi-desert Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert is found in the north.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u2014Nigerian Muslim clerics living in the border towns of Cameroon and Nigeria are recruiting Boko Haram members in their mosques, the government of Cameroon has alleged. 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