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Northern Clerics Canvass Amnesty Programme for Boko Haram Insurgents
[THISDAYLIVE] Religious leaders under the auspices of Northern Inter Faith and Religious Organisations of Nigeria (NIFROM) have urged the federal government to extend r the presidential amnesty programme granted to former Niger Delta Lions of Islam to members of the Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect operating in the North-east. The group in a statement signed by its coordinator, Bishop Musa Fomson, said following the success recorded by the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta, there was the need to replicate same in the northern part of the country currently ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. He noted that even as the military made gains against the bad boys, the use of force alone cannot win the war against terrorism. The bishop specifically commended the efforts of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the programme, Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), especially in the management of funds, noting that the office had already trained 17,322 of the beneficiaries, leaving a balance of 12,678 and even embarked on the domestication of its programmes. "Since taking over the amnesty programme, Boroh has restored hope to many of the agitators. We believe that with such confidence in a man who can be trusted, such programme can be replicated in the troubled northern part of the country," he said. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-23 |
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