egotiating with Boko Haram will aid more abductions’
- by mustapha
MEMBER representing Jos South/Jos East in the Federal House of
Representatives, Honourable Bitrus Kaze has decried moves by the Federal
Government to negotiate with the Boko Haram terrorists, describing this
as “a dangerous precedent, which will encourage terrorism, more
abductions and kidnappings in the country.”
In a statement in Jos yesterday, Kaze observed that the suggestion to negotiate with Boko Haram “is exclusively the idea of the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, whose insatiable quest for dialogue with the terrorists, despite his experience of its fruitlessness, leaves a lot to be desired.”
According to him, “his statement directly contradicts that of the Senate President, David Mark, who has rightly declared that Nigeria will not negotiate with terrorists under any circumstances. The severe anxiety and trauma to which the helpless parents of the abducted girls and sympathisers in Nigeria and indeed across the world have been subjected must be understood. However, global experts in counter-terrorism like the USA, Britain, Israel and France have consistently maintained the policy to deny terrorists the benefits of their criminality, including abductions and ransoms.”
The lawmaker, therefore cautioned that, “releasing any detained terrorist on their terms will definitely set a dangerous precedent, which will promote terrorism, more abductions and kidnappings in the country.”
In a statement in Jos yesterday, Kaze observed that the suggestion to negotiate with Boko Haram “is exclusively the idea of the Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, whose insatiable quest for dialogue with the terrorists, despite his experience of its fruitlessness, leaves a lot to be desired.”
According to him, “his statement directly contradicts that of the Senate President, David Mark, who has rightly declared that Nigeria will not negotiate with terrorists under any circumstances. The severe anxiety and trauma to which the helpless parents of the abducted girls and sympathisers in Nigeria and indeed across the world have been subjected must be understood. However, global experts in counter-terrorism like the USA, Britain, Israel and France have consistently maintained the policy to deny terrorists the benefits of their criminality, including abductions and ransoms.”
The lawmaker, therefore cautioned that, “releasing any detained terrorist on their terms will definitely set a dangerous precedent, which will promote terrorism, more abductions and kidnappings in the country.”
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