President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, expressed that Nigerians presently know the truth about Boko Haram.
The President said residents have now seen that the insurgency has neither religious nor ethnic supporting.
He spoke at a meeting with Karin Ahmad Khan, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) at State House, Abuja.
Buhari added that with purposeful public enlightenment, it had become obvious to individuals that Boko Haram was a perversion of religion, as opposed to Islamic belief system.
“God is justice. You can’t kill innocent people, and shout; Allah Akbar (God is great). It’s either you don’t know that God at all, or you are simply being stupid
“To say Western education is unacceptable (Haram) is very fraudulent. That is why we are fighting them, and educating the people. And we are succeeding a lot”, he said.
Buhari said his government came in when things were exceptionally terrible, however have been individuals about the insurgency.
“Education is fundamental. Religion and ethnicity are out of it. Some people have just made it a lifestyle to cause confusion, destruction and death”, he noted.
In his comments, Khan said radicalism was like malignant growth, which spreads and can likewise retreat.
The prosecutor called what Boko Haram does in collaboration with Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) “perversion of religion”.
He said the ICC has confidence in complementarity, “which promotes collaboration, as against confrontation”.
Khan asked Nigeria and other Sahel/Lake Chad bowl nations to get the United Nations Security Council to allude the atrocities committed by terrorists to the ICC for investigation and trial.
