The government of President
Muhammadu Buhari has explained
how it plans to negotiate with
deadly Boko Haram insurgents to
renew peace in Nigeria.
It should be noted that during the
electoral campaign President Buhari
promised not to negotiate with the
insurgents if elected as president.
However, in a BBC interview last
night Buhari has greeted negotiations
with Boko Haram terrorists.
Nigerian government has clarified its
stand in a press release issued from
his Abuja office.
Femi Adesina, presidential
spokesman, has said the Nigerian
state is putting in place mechanisms
that would entirely destroy Boko
Haram from a multinational level.
The statement further noted that the
government would regard
negotiations with the Islamist sect if
they accept to do so.
Read full statement below:
Most wars, however furious or
vicious, often end around the
negotiation table. So, if Boko Haram
opts for negotiation, the government
will not be averse to it. Government
will, however, not be negotiating
from a position of weakness, but that
of strength. The machinery put in
place, and which will be set in motion
soon, can only devastate and
decapitate insurgency. It is
multinational in nature, and relief is
on the way for Nigeria and her
neighbours. President Muhammadu
Buhari is resolute. He has battled and
won insurgency before, he is poised
to win again. It is a promise he made
to Nigerians, and he is a promise
keeper.