Must Read! - When USA Might Help Nigeria With Boko Haram - Bishop Badejo

Bishop Emmanuel Badejo

New Chairman of Communication for the African bishops,  Bishop Emmanuel Badejo of Oyo, says that African values are under threat of an “ideological colonization” aimed at destroying the family.

The cleric laments that that the United States explicitly showed that they would not help Nigeria to fight insurgency unless the country makes its laws regarding homosexuality, family planning and birth-control milder.
The 53-year-old made this known to Alien.
When asked about Boko Haram activities in Nigeria, Bishop Badejo said:
“If we knew all of the precise answers regarding Boko Haram, it would have been over a long time ago. The truth is that from our reflections, findings and experience with the people who have gotten involved with the brutality and violence of Boko Haram, it’s a whole mixture of things: all the vices of administration in Nigeria from the past, the corruption, the bad administration, the lack of attention to the youthful population, the lack of attention to the important pillars of democracy such as educating the people, especially in the northern part of Nigeria.
In the course of the interview, the correspondent asked the Nigerian cleric about the ways of tackling Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East.
“And I think, to say the least, it is criminal. Because if the West boasts of being committed to human freedom, mean it. If there are values that the West cherishes, they must not impose those values on Africa. It is part of human freedom. And at least Africa can stand up and say: “These are the values we cherish and these are the values we want to keep.” If the West cherishes freedom for gays and homosexual unions and abortion and contraception, suppose Africans are not wired that way. For the African, life is sacred. And that the world can watch hundreds of people dying in Nigeria every day and look away: it shows that even what we call Western civilization today is sick. What we say about human dignity and human rights is mere hypocrisy. There is a diminishing sense of the respect for the sanctity of life. And all of this is to be imposed on Africa, at whatever cost: we think that it is immoral and that it is unjust. “
It should be recalled that last year President Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill banning homosexual relationships and providing up to 14 years of imprisonment for the law violation. This sparked make negative reactions from the western countries, however Nigerians in their majority supported the new law.
Do you share the Bishop Badejo’s point of view regarding the African values?