... 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...
against politicising the issue. It said they should instead take a cue from how the amnesty programme in the Niger Delta was brokered by initiating contacts with the Boko Haram leadership and convince them to come out in the open and dialogue with government.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, gave the admonition in a statement issued in Abuja Monday.
According to him, President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
has nothing to gain from the prolongation of the wanton destruction of life and property by Boko Haram and expects leaders of thought in the affected states to prevail on the group to abandon its destructive pursuit and embrace dialogue like the bully boyz in the Niger Delta did before amnesty was granted.
And warning against the danger of promoting impunity among ethnic groups, the pan-Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), Monday opposed any move to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram.
The group specifically urged Jonathan not to succumb to the increasing pressure of granting amnesty to the members of Boko Haram as this move would encourage other ethnic groups to hold the view that violence pays and therefore resort to this as a means of seeking government's attention rather than using legitimate means.