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"Foreign assistance to rescue the girls, what do you think of that
move? Is it alright? What impact do you think that will make? Secondly, do you
support the idea that government should go into negotiation with Boko Haram?"
"Well, you go into negotiation
with people you know, people you identify, people you see, so (in the Chibok
girls case), who do you negotiate with? That is the problem. Who? Surely, I don’t believe
government should call (Boko Haram leader)
Shekau to sit on the table and talk. So who do you talk to? Nobody! If
there are identified persons who, for one reason or the other everybody
knows they are fighting, they should
come out openly, say this is what they want.
To be fair to the Federal Government, who do they talk to? Tomorrow, if
they come out to say ‘this is the leadership,
this is the structure, this is
our grievances, this is what we
want’, they can sit down and talk, but
so far, it hasn’t happened."
"What about the threats of the
insurgents on the social media. Some months ago, the social media was
awash with threats from this group that
they were going to attack prominent leaders
of the North and we took it with levity. But some weeks ago, a former Head of
State, General Buhari, was attacked. Also, your name was mentioned as one of
the leaders they will attack. Is it not a source of concern for you people who
have led this country and are still working to keep this country
together.? There are also threats to
capture states in the North-Central."
"I heard it too. I think the whole
objective as I earlier told you was to put the fear of Boko Haram into the
people like the fear of Boko Haram is the beginning of wisdom. That is the only
tactic they have to use, but I am saying it would not work; all we need is to
support the military, the armed forces, the government in what they are doing.
They don’t have the people’s support and this is why I challenge those who are
shouting their voice hoarse to go back to the creeks or the forest. This
insurgency would stop, it has to stop because Boko Haram cannot survive" –
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