Hon. Bitrus Kaze has urged the Federal Government not to offer amnesty to
Boko Haram sect, describing it as a step in the wrong direction.
Hon. Bitrus who represents Job South|Jos East in the House of
Representatives on Friday in a statement issued in Jos stressed that such
effort, coming at a time the international community has declared to support Nigeria
to stamp out terrorism will boomerang.
His stated, "I do not subscribe to any form of dialogue
with terrorists; we will not grow weary of making the point resoundingly clear
that no country the world over has succeeded in curbing the menace that way.
"Motivated by the tension,
anxiety and sense of fear permeating the nation as a result of terrorism, those
who canvass this awkward idea cannot be right. This should explain exactly why
the Alhaji Kabiru Turaki dialogue committee was and will continue to be a
perpetual failure."
He recalled that Boko Haram
members earlier rebuffed the attempt made by President Jonathan to offer
amnesty to them in April 2013 adding that "the terrorists categorically
declined and instead offered amnesty to Mr. President."
Again I completely agree with Hon. Bitrus. I don’t know where
this idea of offering killers amnesty is coming from. What kind of message is
our country trying to send out to the international community? I just hope this
is a joke.
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