"PROTEST SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE TERRORIST" SAYS PRESIDENT JONATHAN

Yesterday, during the Bring Back Our girls protest in Abuja, the president sent some top government officials to meet with the protesters half way instead of heading to the presidential villa as they planned. The president sent a message telling, the protesters to unite with the government to fight boko haram, he also told the protesters to take their protest to the boko haram sect not the government that the government should not be blamed for the attacks. See the statements in parts below;

"Government believes that we all must come together to fight terrorism and that protests should be directed at the terrorists who have abducted our innocent daughters and deprived them of a place at the fountain of freedom in our country.

When terrorists see Nigerians turn on each other in blame it gives them a huge morale boost. We must never lose sight of the fact that terrorists are the real enemy.

We must be careful not to politicize the campaign against terrorism. When a bomb goes off in Kabul, Afghanistan, the people of Afghanistan do not blame the government, they blame the terrorists. When a bomb goes off in Baghdad, Iraq, the people of Iraq do not blame the government, they blame the terrorists. When a bomb goes off in Islamabad, Pakistan, the people of Pakistan do not blame the government, they blame the terrorists. When a bomb goes off in Nigeria, we must all unite to fight the terrorists. This is the task of this generation. Our daughters must be freed to come home to their parents and loved ones".