Foremost anti-corruption advocate and former Director of the Kenya Law School, Prof. PLO Lumumba, has expressed concern over the apparent nonchalant attitude of governments of African countries toward curtailing the scourge of militant Islamist terrorists ravaging the continent. He made the remarks when he appeared as a guest at the online interview programme 90Minutes Africa hosted by Rudolf Okonkwo on Sunday.
April 26, 2023Foremost anti-corruption advocate and former Director of the Kenya Law School, Prof. PLO Lumumba, has expressed concern over the apparent nonchalant attitude of governments of African countries toward curtailing the scourge of militant Islamist terrorists ravaging the continent.
In Nigeria, the menacing activities of Boko Haram and the Islamic State have devastated many communities in the north, with mass kidnappings, killings, and extortion featuring prominently in their atrocious methods. “One can see in the entire Sahelian region now, from Mauritania to Mali to Burkina Faso to Sudan to Niger to Libya, how this agenda is playing out. In my view, there is no deliberate effort on the part of African governments to deal with this particular version of Islam which I think is not classical Islam.
“I don’t refer to them as a democracy but as imported governance system that doesn’t reflect the African reality,” he said in reference to the system of government in Africa.
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