Read Footballer Samuel Eto'o's 'Strong' Statement On Boko Haram

Former Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o is using his fame for
a good cause as he has now given a strong statement against
the deadly terrorists called Boko Haram ravaging the Northern
part of Nigeria. The former Barcelona and Chelsea star has
set up the Yellow Whistleblower FC foundation to raise funds
and awareness to help people fleeing Nigeria and Cameroon
amid the increasing amount of attacks from Boko Haram
militants.

Eto’o, says it's time the world stepped up its response to this
menace called Boko Haram. The 34-year-old urged leaders
and the media to react as they did to the terror attack on the
Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris in January.
“It is important for us to talk about it — if we don’t do it, who
will? We all tried to offer our support (after Charlie Hebdo).
We saw African head of states coming to Paris to offer their
support to France." He said in an interview with CNN.
“Why, when it comes to Africa — when it comes to our
continent — don’t we do anything? Maybe because the media
are not doing what they should do.
“When it comes to Charlie Hebdo, we talk about it. The media
were right: It was important to talk about that. However when
it comes to Boko Haram, we need to wait for the most
horrific things to happen for the media to say a word." said
the four-time African player of the year.
“After that, everybody stops talking about it. It is like nothing
ever happened.
“I think journalists should have denounced this situation. We
saw what happened in France. We were very sad about this.
We were asking ourselves, ‘How can this happen? How can
they succeed? How can these people take away lives of happy
people who had families and friends?'”
“I was affected, like many of my African brothers, by Boko
Haram. We haven’t been affected by such horrors in a very
long time,” he said. “We are seeing these atrocities and we
seem powerless.
“We need to cope with this situation. We need to denounce it
and find solutions at our level while our armed forces do their
own job on the ground.”
Eto’o said one of the most effective ways to defeat Boko
Haram and its ideology would be through education, which he
called “the most formidable weapon.”
“We need to create schools and give the possibility to these
children to learn and understand,” explained Eto’o, whose
illustrious career has taken him to Italy, Spain, Russia,
England and Turkey, winning three European Champions
League titles. He was reportedly one of the the world’s
highest-paid players at Anzhi Makhachkala.
“Some of these children affected by the situation are young
and are easily manipulable, and they are manipulated. These
children are used and join this terrorist organization.”
Eto’o, who now plays for Turkish club Antalyaspor, said: “We
wanted to show the right way to our young brothers, but the
ignorance that we have in Africa leads to our own brothers
shooting at us.
“When you are African, and you are sometimes better (at
something) than Europeans or Americans, you’re not
considered African.
“It’s frustrating but you can’t be mad. I refuse to be ignorant.
The only message that I want to give is that I want people to
have easy access to education.”