Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd)
Former military Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), Wednesday threw his weight behind the federal government's consideration of clemency for Boko Haram, and lauded President Goodluck Jonathan for the establishment of the amnesty committee.
This is just as the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, said that the federal government was still working on the proposal to grant amnesty to the Islamic sect, and will provide information to Nigerians in a timely fashion as events unfold.
Maku said this Wednesday in response to a question while he was briefing State House correspondents on the outcome of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
Buhari, who was in Abeokuta, Ogun State after condoling with Mrs. HID Awolowo in Ikenne on the death of her son, the late Wole Awolowo, said: “It is good that they have set up a committee on amnesty. I have not seen the terms of reference but it is a right step in the right direction."
He added: "This is not the first time amnesty would be given to a violent group. You remember it happened in the time of Yar’Adua when he gave amnesty to the militant groups (in the Niger Delta)."
Buhari said: "Whatever it takes to bring peace as a society, we should do it."
Buhari was accompanied on the visit by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Masari; National Chairman, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Chief Tony Momoh; and Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare.
Buhari’s statement coincided with the declaration by the Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, that the security situation in parts of the north had improved in the recent past.
Despite the governor's declaration, more casualties were recorded in Borno State when seven officials of the state government were on Tuesday evening shot dead in Dikwa and Bama towns by gunmen believed to be members of the notorious Boko Haram sect.
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