Also, Alhaji Jibrin Bala Jos, a former political Adviser to Niger State governor, during the Second Republic, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said, “If government can give amnesty to militants in Rivers State then I don’t see why they cannot give to the Boko Haram sect. I don’t think it is the right thing to do, it is a miscalculation.”

According to him, the Federal Government did not need to identify the Boko Haram members in order to grant them pardon, as long as there are people and elders in the state that know, insisting that now was the right time to consider reconciliation for peace to reign.

“Another reason the Federal Government should consider to put to an end the challenges caused by their activities, he noted, was that the amount of funds spent on security was telling on the nations’ economy, adding that rather than treating the effect of Boko Haram, we should consider treating the cause by digging deep down.”

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