Second Republic lawmaker, Junaid
Mohammed has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s amnesty offer to Boko
Haram.
Mohammed said the move will not
solve the problems of insurgency.
“I don’t believe the amnesty will
stop anything because so far so good, we do not know how far the negotiations
between the Federal Government and Boko Haram has gone”, he told Vanguard.
“Also, we do not know whether it
is an honest negotiation that is ongoing or the one based on commercial
purposes.
“If negotiations are ongoing and
we do not know how far they have gone but we are hearing money is exchanging
hands, then it is simply blackmail.
“I can say that at the end of the
day, we will realize that FG had not been interfacing with the real leaders of
Boko Haram and all the negotiations have been based on commercial purposes,” he
added.
A Yoruba leader, Sen. Femi
Okurounmu also condemned the decision.
He said: “The amnesty move is to
call for Jihad and I can say that the herdsmen menace ravaging the country is
not different from Boko Haram. Why should they give amnesty to terrorists?
“I think Nigerians should speak
against this call because it is the same people they give amnesty to who will
turn around and slaughter people within the country.”
Former Deputy Speaker of the
House of Representative, Austin Opara, said granting amnesty to Boko Haram can
be likened to giving Bin Laden or Al-Qaeda amnesty.
He said: “I think this government
is trying to mix criminality and terrorism side by side. Granting any amnesty
to Boko Haram organisation is unfortunate.
“I hope this government is
thinking about the unity of this country? This development is not only
unfortunate but a sad development for this country.”
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