Information available on the website of foremost American news agency, Voice of America (VOA), has it that someone who claims to be a spokesman for the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram says the group is engaged in direct talks with the government on ending violence in the country’s north.
In a statement obtained by VOA, Habu Mohammed, who claims to be a deputy to Boko Haram leader Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, says the militant group decided to initiate the peace moves in response to numerous public appeals for peace in the country. The statement was given to VOA in Mecca.
The Nigerian government has not responded to the claim, but senior Nigerian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the talks to VOA. They would not provide additional details.
The Islamic militant group has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in Nigeria, including church bombings and the bombing of a United Nations building. The group has threatened international media organizations, including VOA's Hausa service.
The militant group has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria and says it does not recognize the Nigerian government or the constitution.
Several previous attempts by the Nigerian government to engage Boko Haram have failed.
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After the peace talk what then happens to the thousands killed and their suffering family members? The Nigerian Government has to provide an answer.
ReplyDeleteMake we see peace first!
ReplyDeleteGod bless you my brother for this comment..Can the Government raise the dead?Medicine after death..Good riddance!!!
ReplyDeleteNo d govt wll nt brng bk the life of those who gone bt d dialogue wll b plain and help in pausng d excallation of life loss aparently...Ths is a welcme achvmnt..long lyf 9ja
ReplyDeleteWelcome to who, they will give them money and send them aboard to school, what stops another group from starting its own war, why do u think governments of other countries don't dialog with terrorists, the government has just dug our grave, now if you can't go into politics or do yahoo yahoo or kidnap be a terrorist
DeleteSo,just peace?anyway,lets negociate for peace since there is no Justice in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteWe need peace pls.
ReplyDeleteWhat peace are BH seeking? They want an Islamic state of their own in the North, Therefore let the rest of Nigeria give them what they want and we will all have peace. This Means they will be another country and not part of the current Nigeria. They want something similar to Sudan (South and Northern Sudan): Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria. They can come out and declare their own sovereignty as a new nation and we will understand. They cannot seek to be part of Nigeria when they do not recognise the Nigerian Government and constitution.
ReplyDeleteWhat peace are BH seeking? They want an Islamic state of their own in the North, Therefore let the rest of Nigeria give them what they want and we will all have peace. This Means they will be another country and not part of the current Nigeria. They want something similar to Sudan (South and Northern Sudan): Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria. They can come out and declare their own sovereignty as a new nation and we will understand. They cannot seek to be part of Nigeria when they do not recognise the Nigerian Government and constitution.
ReplyDeletePeace is inevitable so let seek for peace and live together in peace! God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria!!! Adewas
ReplyDeletePeace is inevitable so let seek for peace and live together in peace! God bless Federal Republic of Nigeria!!! Adewas
ReplyDeleteOk, so we are negotiating with terrorists now... I see. Anyway, @B.Real, you are right when you say they want an islamic state. But you are wrong to say that the rest of Nigeria should give them what they want. Firstly, that's giving in to terrorism, secondly, you are ignoring the millions of Nigerians in the north that do not want Nigeria to split up and be under BH rule.
ReplyDeleteI think in order to solve this problem, we have to first admit what the problem is. Unfortunately, BH is doing exactly what their quran teaches and I don't think the quran is going anywhere anytime soon. I think the only way to solve this BH problem is to do what the USA did. Just declare an all out war on them!
Its just unfortunate that government never spend national resources on its people appropriately but engage in useless spending to appeace criminals in the name of Boko Haram, Niger Delta militants. This government has no ears for the cries of its down trodden citizen even when terror is being unleashed! Can any one tell me what this government did to remedy the suffering of victims of violence. After election of Jonathan Christians where massacred in the North I am shocked that uptill now federal govt. Never initiated any programme or project to address the suffering and crippling material losses of victims. Forgotten Abi? Not to talk of Blast and sporadic shooting that has become a daily activity in northern Nigeria and 99% against Christians in an open and uncalled for, barbaric and insulting attach on Christianity and Christians while northern Muslin politic with it shamelessly. Recently an ACF scribe suggested that President Jonathan declare that he is not contesting in 2015 to douse tension. Imagine so this is the agenda for which we are being slaughtered and our faith mocked ? Its suffice to say now that in this government its easier to get rich and relevant by creating massive havoc and getting the attention of govt.
ReplyDeleteHow sure are we that this is not another ploy to get money from the government to wax stronger and continue to cause mayhem on innocent citizens
ReplyDeleteIt is not accidentally the USA don't negciate with terrorist no matter wrath, if Nigeria government take this road we mighty not leave to see the end , they will use our money to bomb us
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