Some prominent groups and leaders in the North have cautioned the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government against granting Boko Haram’s request for the release of its bomb maker in detention in exchange for the abducted schoolgirls.
Buhari also disclosed that the sect had offered to swap the girls for its Improvised Explosives Devices expert, who is in the government’s custody.the Deputy Chairman of the Northern Elders’ Forum, Dr. Paul Unongo, lauded the negotiation move, saying every war does not end on the battlefield.
While he backed the plan to grant the insurgents amnesty for releasing the girls, he opposed swapping them for the bomb maker in government custody. He said, “The first issue is, yes, there is negotiation.
The second issue is that Boko Haram insurgents have said they will bring back the Chibok girls if we release their bomb maker that has taken the lives of hundreds of Nigerians. “I think as much as we desire that the girls be released, for the government to release a person that has the capacity to produce something that can take the lives of thousands of Nigerians, we are a bit worried.
He also said President Buhari had yet to agree to the swap offer made by Boko Haram. He expressed his reservation with releasing the bomb maker for the release of the girls. Yakasai said, “The President himself did not say he was going to do that.
If he is going to release the expert in bomb making, what guarantee has he that when that man is released he will not go and make more bombs that would kill more people?”
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