The Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Oyo State Chapter,

Bishop Taiwo Adelakun, has said that the Boko Haram insurgents would soon be a thing of the past as "the end in Nigeria is closer than it began". The Founder of the Victory International Church (a.k.a Rehoboth Cathedral), Oluyole, Ibadan,made the prediction yesterday in Ibadan while addressing a pressconferenceas part of programme to mark the 25th anniversary of the church. The church anniversary would hold between 15th and 19th of October. He said the essence of the event was "to appreciate God's faithfulness and His grace upon this Ministry".

 He added that terrorism was not limited to Nigeria, but a global phenomenon. He however said that Nigeria and indeed Africa's case is peculiar, "God has said that He is the only one that can disappoint and frustrate their token. He is the God that frustrates the token of liars and set the diviners mad.

 "There have been prophesies concerning Nigeria that the whole of Africa is like a gun and Nigeria is the trigger point. There is a revival that the devil is visiting on Nigeria, but I can assure you that only God's counsel will stand.

 "If anything has a beginning, it must have an end, and the end of terrorism in Nigeria is closer than when it began", the Bishop said.

 He admitted that the military are doing their best, but said "we should note that Nigeria's borders are also porous, and that is why we need to work with the other nations that are surrounding us like Chad, Cameroun, Niger Republic, to be able to curb the incursion of terrorists into our nation".

 Adelakun disclosed that the terrorist groups in Africa including the AlShabab in East Africa and Boko Haram in Nigeria have powerful forces behind them, "who arefunding them".

Speaking on the burning of about 135 churches in the North on Tuesday, he said "It is a pointer to the agenda of the founding fathers of these terrorists. PFN is providing relief materials for the displaced, but I use this medium to call on the Federal Government to also come to the aid of these displaced Christians", he appealed.

 Part of the programme lined up for the silver jubilee anniversary, he said would be unveiling of the Docu- Drama titled Consistency in the vineyard and the special edition Magazine in commemoration of the silver jubilee anniversary of the church.