Boko Haram Ready To Give Demands To FG

The dreaded Islamist Boko Haram sect may name their negotiator, as well as release the names of its arrested members (brethren) whom they want to be freed from prisons.

According to Telegraph of London, in an exclusive report, said a northern cleric may be nominated by the Islamist to dialogue with the federal government.

Meanwhile, there is a contentious aspect in the terrorist demands, the sect members want one-hostage-for-one-prisoner, which means government would be compelled to free one Boko Haram prisoner or detainee each for one girl.

The British paper said that the group will give the cleric "clear terms of reference" on how it wants the negotiations to be conducted, and "will also spell out the practical details of how it would set the girls free".

The international paper, however, declined to name the cleric though in the first failed attempted dialogue with the group, it was Dr. Datti Ahmed, president of the Supreme Council for Sharia in Nigeria (SCSN). 

It would be recalled that the Kano-based cleric pulled out of talks with the government after accusing the presidency of insincerity.  

Mohammed Yusuf, the original founder of Boko Haram was Ahmed’s deputy at the council before his extrajudicial killing in police custody in 2009.  

It is however, believed that some of the brethren the Islamist sect might be soliciting their freedom would include; Kabiru Sokoto, who was jailed for the 2011 Christmas day bombing of a Catholic church in Madalla, Niger State, where 44 people were killed. Mustapha Umar, who got a life sentence after he confessed to the bombing of THISDAY newspaper office in Kaduna State on April 2012.

Meanwhile, the country's top government officials are still having controversies over negotiations with the sect members. Senate President David Mark, yesterday in China ruled out negotiation, while Taminu Turaki, minister of special duties and head of the ineffective amnesty committee, asserted that government was open to "dialogue on any issue" which is also contrary to the reaction of Abba Moro, the minister for interior who had initially ruled out negotiation.  

Over 234 girls were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14 by Boko Haram members, and on that same day about 75 people were confirmed dead in a bomb blast that rocked Nyanya motor park, a suburb of Abuja.  

Source: Legit.ng