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Rome, Italy, Jul 25, 2014 \/ 12:33 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- In wake of two bombings this week in Nigeria, targeting both an Islamic scholar and a senior politician, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama has called for greater proactive efforts to identify all violent groups.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe two separate bombings in Kaduna is a further indication that there is progression rather than retrogression of violence in the northern part of Nigeria,\u201d Archbishop Kaigama said in comments made to CNA July 23.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat the attacks were allegedly aimed at a prominent Islamic scholar and preacher, and a senior politician shows that the violence has no boundaries now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Kaigama, head of Nigeria\u2019s Jos archdiocese and spokesman for the country\u2019s Catholic Bishops Conference, gave his comments following two June 23 bomb blasts in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna.<\/p>\n

\tBBC News reports that the initial blast killed at least 25 people, and was reportedly aimed for moderate Islamic cleric Dahiru Bauchi, who escaped unscathed. Shortly afterward a second blast in the city could be heard not far away.<\/p>\n

\tBauchi had just concluded preaching in the nearby Murtala Muhammed square, and was driving through the area with his convoy when the bomb went off.<\/p>\n

\tThe blasts mark the latest in a wave of bombings shaking the country that are attributed to Islamic militant group Boko Haram, launched in 2009 with the hope of imposing sharia law on Nigeria.<\/p>\n

\tBoko Haram has killed thousands in their attacks, which have targeted security forces, politicians, Christian minorities, and moderate Muslims in Nigeria\u2019s predominantly Muslim north.<\/p>\n

\tAnother June 23 explosion attributed to Boko Haram at a public health college in Kano killed eight and wounded at least 20. In addition, the militant group continues to hold more than 200 young schoolgirls captive after kidnapping them from Chibok in April.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cBoko Haram is an unfortunate and sad development in Nigeria and it is the fruit of years of social and moral decay, negligence of the poor, corruption, bad governance, dirty politics, frustration of the youths,\u201d Archbishop Kaigama stated.<\/p>\n

\tHowever, he cautioned that there are also many other proactively violent groups that continue perpetuate the cycle by \u201chiding under the umbrella of Boko Haram.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe archbishop made an appeal for authorities to proactively increase efforts to identify other groups who work alongside Boko Haram or use their activities as a shield in order to remain unseen.<\/p>\n

\tDespite falling through on previous promises of action, the federal government\u2019s resolve \u201cto bring an end to the violence and the menacing activities of terrorists in the country\u201d is appreciated, he said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPresident Goodluck Jonathan is genuinely very depressed about the recurrence of violence and the continued detention of the kidnapped Chibok girls,\u201d he noted. \u201cWe are united with him in prayers as he explores all the possible options to bring an end to this regime of violence and the reckless taking of human lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tArchbishop Kaigama also voiced his hope that the current attacks do not signify an increase in violence ahead of the country\u2019s 2015 political election.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhen you add political violence to religious violence, the result will be anarchy and doom,\u201d he said, \u201cwhich can only worsen the suffering of most Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n

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