Chairman, Presidential Committee on
Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution on Security Challenges in the North,
Tanimu Turaki, on Sunday ruled out any form of compensation for victims
of the Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the North.
Addressing Muslim leaders, who gathered
at the National Conference on the Role of Muslim Scholars, organised by
the Jama’atul Nasril Islam in Kaduna, Turaki, however, said those to
be compensated were security operatives, who lost their lives during the
incidents.
Turaki said, “Government cannot pay
compensation but it will support victims. It will compensate military
personnel that were affected by this insurgency.
“Government will not have the capacity
to give compensation because of the number of victims involved in the
insurgency incidents”.
Turaki, who led other members of the
committee to the conference, also asked Muslim leaders, among them the
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the JNI, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar
lll, to appeal to the group (Boko Haram) to embrace dialogue, adding
that Islam, as a religion, encourages dialogue.
He said, “How do you compensate somebody
who has lost family members? How much will you compensate him with when
he is battling with the psychological effect of the incidents?”
The presidential committee chairman, who
claimed that his team was at the meeting to impress it upon the
leadership of the JNI to talk to the sect on the need for dialogue, said
since the sect believed in Islam, its members should also imbibe the
tenets of the religion.
He said even in countries like
Afghanistan, Syria and in Nigeria during the civil war, dialogue was
used as the last resort to resolve the problems.
Turaki insisted that there was no crisis or difference that could not be settled through dialogue.
He said, “So, we beg for prayers because there is no evil that prayer cannot solve.
“No matter the ideology of Boko Haram,
it is twisted towards Islam. It is very unfortunate. We therefore want
this conference to examine the immediate and remote causes of the
growing insurgency in the region.”
“So far, we have had robust discussions with Muslim leaders, government officials, traditional rulers and clerics.
“We pray this conference will call on
them to come out and embrace dialogue. If you are using the name of the
Prophet, then there is room for dialogue. It is respectful to come and
dialogue; we are all ready for dialogue.”
He added, “Even wars in other countries
of the world, and coming back home, the Biafra/Nigeria civil war,
provided an opportunity for dialogue because it is not war that bring
peace, but dialogue. So, let them give peace a chance, and let them
embrace dialogue.”
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