The Arewa Consultative Forum
(ACF) has advised the federal government to review its negotiation strategy
with insurgents.
Reacting to the killing of four
Action Against Hunger (AAH) workers by the Islamic State in West Africa
(ISWAP), the forum urged the federal government to intensify its rescue
operations to allay the fears of families of those still in captivity.
ISWAP had said the aid workers
were killed because there was a breakdown of talks with the federal government.
In a statement by Muhammed Ibrahim,
ACF spokesman, described the action of the insurgents as “callous, barbaric and
inhuman”, adding that “it is totally against the tenets of Islam and humanity”.
It lamented that assurances by
the government that it has been working with other international organisations
to save the lives of those kidnapped have not yielded the desired result.
“ACF is shocked and saddened by
the news of yet another killing of aid workers, including a woman, by the Boko
Haram terrorists yesterday in Borno state,” the statement read.
“It would be recalled that
sometimes last year two female aid workers with International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) were abducted by the terrorists during an attack on the
military base in Rann, Borno state, and were subsequently executed by the
terrorists on the grounds that the Federal Government (FG) failed to meet up
some of their demands.
“The recent action of the
terrorists, to say the least, was callous, barbaric and inhuman and totally
against the tenets of Islam and humanity.
“The killing is clear desecration
of Islam which preaches sacred inviolability of the individual. The federal
government’s assurances that it has been working with some friendly countries
and other international organizations to save the lives of the innocent aid
workers and other kidnapped female students have not yielded the desired
result.
“ACF, therefore, urges the FG to
review its negotiation strategy with the terrorists and ensure that all
kidnapped persons still in the captivity of the Boko Haram including Leah
Sharibu and the Chibok girls are rescued and released to their families.
“ACF urges the FG to intensify
its rescue operations in order to assuage the fears of families of those
kidnapped and Nigerians of what may happen to those still in captivity. ACF
extends its condolences to the families of those who were brutally executed by
the terrorists for serving humanity and equally commiserates with the families
of those still captivity.”
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