Top northern leaders have called on the President -elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, to declare amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents when he takes over power on May 29.

Among the prominent leaders making the call are: the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mohammed Uwais and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Ambassador Babagana Kingibe and former Nigerian Ambassador to the United Nations, Ibrahim Gambari

Their call was contained in a communiqué issued after a two-day conference with the theme: “Security and Governance Challenges in Africa’s largest Democracy,” by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, SCDDD, as part of its “Nigeria Beyond 12015 Project,” in Abuja yesterday.

The joint statement was signed by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, founder of Savannah Centre, Major General Ishola Williams, Executive Secretary, Pan-African Strategic and Peace Research Group, PAN-AFSTRAG, Justice Mohammed Uwais (chairman of the occasion) and Ambassador Abdullahi Omaki, executive director of the Savannah Centre.

They also called on the Federal Government ‘’to expedite action on the compensation of victims of Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency through the established and funded Victims’ Support Fund,’’ and for urgent priority attention to the special economic programme for the North East by the incoming administration, just as they condemned ‘’the carnage, devastations and displacements, which the Boko Haram group inflicted upon many innocent Nigerians in the north east region.’’

The communiqué further called ‘’for the establishment of a special economic programme for the affected states of the North-East, focusing on rehabilitation, resettlement and reconstruction,’’ as well as on the need for ‘’the governors of the North-East States and indeed of the entire North, on the necessity for a blueprint that addresses the issues of vocational and skills-acquisition education for the youths.’’

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Among those who participated in the conference were the National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki, rtd, (represented by Ambassador C.L. Olaseinde); the Secretary, Borno State Elders’ Forum, BSEF, Dr Bulama Gubio (who represented Governor Kashim Shettima); Dr. Zakariya Ousmane Ramadene of N’djamena, Chad. Prof. Abubakar Momoh, DG, Electoral Institute, INEC, Abuja and Professor Habu Galadima, director research, NIPSS, Jos, Plateau State.




http://dailypost.ng/2015/05/23/northern-leaders-demand-amnesty-for-boko-haram/

Someone said whatever happens in the north should remain in the north except their carrot and watermelon

They are bokoharam
They are their sponsors
they are their sympathisers
And they are also their victims

I'm not heartless but I stopped caring about what happens in the north long ago

Baba is gona wipe dem out.... wait n cee

We already knw nw
Itz tym to reward d boys for a job well done
Give terrorists amnesty
And create a ministry for them with 13% derivative

Amnesty my ass! If this is true, then they are mad.

HzRF:
We already knw nw
Itz tym to reward d boys for a job well done
Give terrorists amnesty
And create a ministry for them with 13% derivative

They have succeeded in making the country ungovernable for Jonathan.
Now, its time to reward them.

Allahu akbar!

They are the sponsors of Boko Haram if Buhari should consider their ideas then he is also a Boko Haram sponsor

Bullsh#t.. amnesty for what For killing innocent people? Kidnapping teenagers or for destroying properties??

You don't grant amnesty to captured terrorist, you grant to "surrendered terrorist". I trust Buhari will not take this step.

Okay

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Amnesty for Boko Haram, on what basis?...No return no surrender. Kill them all!... Nonsense.

These northern leaders are devils...
So now that the war is though and they know that there is no more hope and hiding place for boko haram...
Soldiers should just go and kill those so called northern leaders cos they're the sponsors of boko haram.

Thankfully, Buhari knows better. I don't see Buhari dishing our amnesty like confetti, unlike his predecessor.

I'm just wondering how many more years Nigeria would last.

It would have ended this year if Jonathan had some cojones.

Amnesty to BH?


Tufiakwa.


They should even stop thinking about it

Yeah sure, joke right?

I sorry for my country, so this people were just wasting innocent lives just to get power back.
Chaii they want to reward a ghost killer for job well done.

Lalasticlala...... There is a replical of this thread on FP this morning


https://www.nairaland.com/2331822/grant-amnesty-boko-haram-northern

Uwaise son has since joined ISIS.

too bad

Trailblazer1:

They have succeeded in making the country ungovernable for Jonathan. Now, its time to reward them.
Allahu akbar!

Nonsense!

Kai

Patiently waiting for Boko Haram to be given amnesty.

Even the Niger Delta amnesty program should be scrapped ,it's a scam on Nigerians to settle some criminal political elites of the Niger Delta.


Introduce a people oriented programs and sincerely build sustainable infrastructures and watch every form of militancy disappear overnight.

I don't support the amnesty but I remember Shekau even rejecting it some time back.

if he does this, then he is the worst _fool on earth.

Nigeria is going back to a Joke again #smh

American didnt give Amnesty to terrorist, we are not given them, what about the family of boko haram victim, they must be out of there mind, if they, we will start our own in south west so amnesty will go round , then we can forget about employment,

bullcrap...the terrorist founder are looking for a way to get refund after killing lots of people.