Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the federal government will not tolerate mindless violence perpetuated by Biafra agitators in the eastern part of the country.
While speaking in Jos on Saturday during theg raduation ceremony of the Executive Course 37 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Osinbajo said FG will not ignore threats to national security.
He said “We need to build the civic capacity to defeat the false and dangerous premises and assumption of violence extremism. Never again should we allow mindless violence inspired by false and evil precepts to threaten our national security.
“Let me again call on persons or group in the country who have some grievance or disaffection to submit to peaceful and democratic means of expressing themselves.
“We can offer our country opinion without violating the law of the land or threatening law and order.
“Let me reiterate that Boko Haram terrorism as well as their ideology will soon be defeated and consigned to history.
“While accepting that our educational system is in a dangerously parlous state, the solutions are obvious even if not easy.
“We have to focus on early child education, retrain teachers, ensure that our curricular will prepare our children for the 21st century.”