Boko Haram seek dialogue with government -NGO

   

The centre for Crisis communication CCC a Non government organisation said yesterday that Boko Haram has establish contact with their facility hoping to open a line of dialogue with the Government.
The Executive Secretary,Air Commodore Yusuf Anas disclosed this in a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday while he spoke on other national issues including  terrorism, cattle rustling, National Assembly crisis, pipeline vandalism, kidnapping, armed robbery and  Radio Biafra among others


He said: “The Boko Haram challenges have continued to become an intractable crisis situation to our nation. Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima said that more than three million innocent Nigerians from Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and parts of Nigeria live in deep agony having lost their sons, daughters, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, relations and neighbours after brutally being attacked by members of Boko Haram.
“Indeed, many of our citizens are now orphans, widows and forced to become refugees within and outside our country,Over the years, government has been pursuing the terrorists with the aim of ending insurgency,Although, some level of successes has been recorded in degrading the volatility of the terrorists, they are far from being defeated,“Some prominent Nigerians have in recent times canvassed the idea of dialogue with the Boko Haram.“The option of dialogue, according to them, at the moment provides a leeway of not only safely rescuing the abducted Chibok schoolgirls alive, but also possibly bringing to an end the orgy of violence unleashed on innocent citizens by the group.

“Considering the unspeakable atrocities which the group has visited on Nigeria and Nigerians, this option is no doubt a hard sell. However, the recent statement by President Muhammadu Buhari on government’s readiness to negotiate with credible members of the sect has rekindled the hope for dialogue.

The centre views this gesture as good. It has opened a window of opportunity for dialogue for those insurgents that are willing and ready to lay down their arms.This position is predicated on calls made to this centre by some members of the Boko Haram requesting for genuine and comprehensive dialogue that could lead to hundreds of them coming out to renounce their membership.

“The centre, however, suggests that such dialogue should be done with every sense of caution and responsibility, bearing in mind the previous disappointments that attended attempts at negotiations,Nevertheless, the centre will continue to support and encourage all efforts towards bringing insurgency to an end in our country.”