Boko Haram, evil forces against Nigeria’s destiny – Cleric

BY CALEB AYANSINA

ABUJA — Primate, Church of Nigeria, (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Sunday, described the Boko Haram sect as evil forces challenging the destiny of Nigeria.

He, however, assured that by the power of resurrection of Jesus Christ, it shall become  history.

Okoh stated this in his sermon, entitled ‘Alleluia! Christ is Risen’, during  Easter Sunday celebration service, at the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Life Camp, Gwarimpa, Abuja.

Okoh likened the killings in the north to  when the Roman Empire was struggling with the new order, which was Christ Jesus.

He added that Jesus since Christ prevailed in the end, Nigeria must prevail over the forces of darkness.

The cleric expressed confidence that the deadly Islamic sect might for a while seem to be succeeding, noting that the mighty hands of God will cut them off soon.

He said:  “The problem had been holding us down that we will not make progress, right from the independence, if you consider the trouble we have gone through, the number of people who died during the civil war.

“Now some groups have decided that, there will be no rest, killed and killed and killed, something is instigating them. There is power that we do not see that is trying to hijack the destiny of Nigeria.

“We may look at them as foreign intervention, we make look at them as people from within, there is evil force that is trying to hijack our destiny. And this was the same in the time of Jesus Christ, the old order was struggling with the new order, Jesus was producing the new order of life by bringing people to God, and this old order (the Jews and the Roman Empire)was pulling it down.

Boko Haram, evil forces against Nigeria’s destiny – Cleric