President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday
said that the Federal Government had begun
negotiations with members of the Boko Haram
sect to secure the release of the Chibok girls.
The President disclosed this while responding
to questions from members of the Nigerian
community in France under the aegis of the
Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation.
Buhari said that he was worried by the
continued stay of the girls in the camps of
Boko Haram since April 14, 2014 when they
were abducted by Boko Haram fighters.
The President noted that the incident had
attracted global attention and sympathy
within Nigeria, adding that his government
could not fold its arms.
“The issue of Chibok girls has occupied our
minds and because of the international
attention it drew and the sympathy
throughout the the world. The government is
negotiating with some of the Boko Haram
leadership,” he stated.
According to him, government has to first
establish genuine members of the sect so that
it will not make the mistake of engaging the
wrong persons.
Buhari said, “It is a very sensitive development
in the sense that first we have to establish
whether they genuine leaders of Boko Haram?
That is number one. Number two, what are
their terms, the first impression we had was
not very encouraging.”
The President said one of the conditions given
by Boko Haram sect was to release one of its
members who was developing Improvised
Explosives Devices.
He, however, said that his government rejected
the demand.
Buhari stated, “They wanted us to release one
of their leaders who is a strategic person in
developing and making IEDs that is causing a
lot of havoc in the country by blowing people
in churches, mosques, market places, motor
parks and other places. But it is very
important that if we are going to talk to
anybody, we have to know how much he is
worth.
“Let them bring all the girls and then, we will
be prepared to negotiate, I will allow them to
come back to Nigeria or to be absorbed into
the community. We have to be very careful,
the concern we have for the Chibok girls, one
can only imagine having a daughter who is
between 14 and 18 years there for more than
one and a half years. A lot of the parents who
have died would have preferred to see the
graves of their daughters to the condition they
imagined they were in.”
According to him, the kidnap of the girls has
drawn a lot of sympathy throughout the
world. This, he said, was the reason
government was negotiating for the release of
the girls.
President Buhari assured Nigerians in the
Diaspora that his administration was doing
everything possible to improve the economy
through provision of infrastructure in critical
sectors.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media
and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had in July
confirmed the willingness of the Federal
Government to negotiate with the sect.
Adesina, who lamented that the insurgents,
killed many people, said the Federal
Government would not rule out negotiations
with the sect, if it would lead to the end of
terrorism.
The Nigerian Army spokesman Col. Sani
Usman, a few days ago, said that members of
the terror group were surrendering “en masse.” http://www.punchng.com/news/we-are-negotiating-with-bharam-says-buhari/

Baba
please
never
try
to
negotiate
with
Terrorist..


And if at all we're to negotiate with them, it shouldn't be on Air.... American as well do negotiate with Terrorist but is always done in a very secret way

My opinion

Lol

I wish and pray that those girls are still "Chibok girls".

As expected! It has always been his desire to 'negotiate' with Boko-Haram since time immemorial. He NEVER believed in milÍtary action and conÐemned EVERY military onslaught against the terrorists by past administration. He never supported tagging BH group as terrorists. He even LIED that he will not negotiate with them in his Chatham house Speech in February.


As long as the good people of Nigeria are concerned, this negotiation will NOT yield result! We don't negotiate terms with terrorists.

Pls bring back our girls.....

And some people will come here to call us wailing wailers. Was this what this man promised us during campaign? Negotiating with terrorists? We are finished.

TonyeBarcanista:
As expected! It has always been his desire to 'negotiate' with Boko-Haram since time immemorial. He NEVER believed in milÍtary action and conÐemned EVERY military onslaught against the terrorists by past administration. He never supported tagging BH group as terrorists. He even LIED that he will not negotiate with them in his Chatham house Speech in February.


As long as the good people of Nigeria are concerned, this negotiation will NOT yield result! We don't negotiate terms with terrorists.

Are you praying it, the Negotiation?

What if those children are no longer in this country, can military onslaught bring them back?


Meanwhile, what do you mean when you say 'Milotary onslaught by past Administrattion' because am not aware of any. Unless you talking about 'We will defeat BH in six weeks' which you and know is nonsense.

lets support Mr president to make things right in this nation.

Lets stop wailing...

Buhari is a dullard..so after these people have killed many Nigerians,he's going to settle them?...lalasticlala

Baba one chance, you can fool yourself and all the morons in the north, how can a father be negotiating with his own kids? those cow brain in the north needs to wake up from their slumber.

Our President needs flogging for contemplating such rubbish and death by firing squad when implemented..

I thought buhari have taken over all thier camps so where is the chibok girls still kept? In the moon? Liars.

chernest2002:
I thought buhari have taken over all thier camps so where is the chibok girls still kept? In the moon? Liars.

They even said that some of d girls have been sold off and some are being used for suicide bombings…lalasticlala FP

The dullard terrorist Buhari an Alamajari Paedophile kunu sipping monkey and senile Dictator is the commander of Boko Haram

Quote me anywhere

Buhari is a terrorist - El Rufai

Is it just me? ... The topic is very annoying!


What happened to the promise of defeating them in 3months?or before December?

Anything to re-unite the girls with their families is welcome.

Message to all the empty wailers: Please note that "negotiation" does not amount to amnesty and periodic monetary "payments" to the terrorists the way it was done in the Niger Delta.

"President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday
said that the Federal Government had begun
negotiations with members of the Boko Haram
sect to secure the release of the Chibok girls" I think is for the release of the girls and not amnesty for BH...

End it by all means

M4gunners:
And some people will come here to call us wailing wailers. Was this what this man promised us during campaign? Negotiating with terrorists? We are finished.

What's this one saying self?

OK, what ever moves Nigeria forward , am always with you and our good Lord will continue to be your strength

donholy28:
Niger Delta militants were given amnesty but boko haram are called terrorists and are being destroyed..This is injustice-Buhari

You are comparing the 'incomparables' BH and ND militants are not same in anyway please know this.

Great move.. Atleast to put an end to insurgency.. God bless U buhari

yang:
The dullard terrorist Buhari an Alamajari Paedophile kunu sipping monkey and senile Dictator is the commander of Boko Haram

Quote me anywhere

Buhari is a terrorist - El Rufai

You sure need some THOROUGH check up.

fromnigeria:


You are comparing the 'incomparables' BH and ND militants are not same in anyway please know this.

Bros am just quoting buhari