The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Boko Haram to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the interest of national peace and security, following what is undoubtedly a resurgence of deadly attacks believed to be perpetrated by the sect.
In a statement issued in Warri on Monday by its Interim National Publicity, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party strongly condemned the latest of such attacks that left many students of the College of Agriculture in Yobe dead and injured on Sunday, calling the killings dastardly, senseless andindefensible.
It called on traditional, religious, political and opinion leaders in the affected areas to intervene urgently to end the cycle of violence being perpetrated by the sect.
”It is clear that this Boko Haram menace cannot be resolved by the government alone, hence all stakeholders must urgently intervene to complement government’s efforts to end the insurgency and get those behind it to embrace
dialogue.
”There can be no justification for Boko Haram to continue to kill and maim innocent citizens, especially because the victims are not just fellow Nigerians like them, but most are actually their kith and kin,” APC said.
The party described the continued violence by the sect as inexcusable,
especially at a time that the government has offered an Olive Branch by setting up a committee to dialogue with the sect.
”We in the APC have been unrelenting in our advocacy for dialogue as a way of ending the insurgency. Fortunately, the government has also embraced dialogue, after initially resisting it as an option.
”Boko Haram should remember that they are not fighting an external war, and that their grievances, whatever they are, can never be resolved by continued killing, maiming and plundering. They must therefore put an immediate end to their cycle of violence and opt for dialogue. The longer this violence continues, the more difficult it becomes to resolve. Enough is enough!” it said. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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lai mohammed de locquacious. R u nw begging ur warlords to stop their acts? When u n ur acquaintance said that u were going to make Nigeria ungovernable 4 Goodluck, it seems u 4got that d evil that men do nw lives with them. U ve nt seen anythng yet. Foolish man
ReplyDeleteall d notheners dat behind dis evil act is a fooool.any way is not my buisness only dat i pity d poor ones.
ReplyDeleteBuhari should talk to them
ReplyDeleteBuhari .. IBB, Sultan and all Northern Leaders shoild bury their heads in shame. Not a single one has come out to condemn BH outrightly and the killings of this innocent children. One wonders who they kneel to pray to amd with what conscience?. The North has ruled this nation for 37 yrs out of 53yrs of existence. Their rule has been largely a disaster. The south only for 15 yrs. Now they want to destroy the country becos they want power back by all means. They want to come back to impoverish the south like they have done in the North?.
ReplyDeleteSeems the strategy has completely backfire.
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