Maxymilliano: Boko haram has never demanded for amnesty, it was northern leaders and their western allies who demand for it. Boko haram struggles, as led by Shekau is purely ideological in nature, and his demand is anything but amnesty.

dbride:

Nigeria has been ruled mostly by the hausa/fulani who during their time ruled through corruption. Most of the relevant ministries were headed by them including parastatals. Mind you, Islam forbids that a fellow muslim snitches on or penalizes another muslim. They milked the nation with impunity and nobody could complain. In fact, it became a case of if you cant beat them you join them. The trend then was to convert to Islam or affiliate just to belong. A few influential men did that!
The hausa/fulani had the political and military power then. Corruption turned "cancer" during Babangida's reign and then Abacha. That cancer is eating us up now...so difficult to cure but I am still positive we will sing Halelluyah one day. Everything that has a beginning has an end.

iamswizz: we are finished


I see Nigeria Dividing.. but it wont still solve our problems

jimino: mr fanatic, pls tel me wen did IBB, ABACHA etc bcame christian dat dey looted so much of mony 2 d extend of kiping dem in foreign bank.

Pple lyk u wil continue 2 cos division in nigeria along religion line. Be wise, grow up nd promote peace nd unity without sentiment. Gud day

iamswizz: we are finished


I see Nigeria Dividing.. but it wont still solve our problems

jimharry21: the idea of amnesty in the first instance a big compromise and lack of understanding from the presidency of what boko haram is all about. i think the FG should concentrate energy on taking charge of the nation than being led by a blind terror group boko haram, FG must detect the modus of operation not some perversive minds.

gboss4sure: Those people that are clamoring for amnesty for boko haram where are you guys? Am sure that if Amnesty is to be granted only the northern elites will send their children and families to get the amnesty deal and share the money while the insurgence continues because Boko haram aint ready to shift grounds. GEJ should wise up o

Orikinla:
PDP political contractors and jobbers demanded the Amnesty for chop-chop sharing of the funds like the PDP leaders from the Niger Delta are chopping their own Amnesty funds.

Kenny4lyfe: Check out BBC's report: The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has
rejected the idea of an amnesty. Last week
President Goodluck Jonathan asked a
high level team to look into the possibility of
granting the militants a pardon. The
announcement was made via an audio statement believed to be from the group's
leader
Abubakar Shekau. In recent years Boko Haram
has carried out a
campaign of violence across northern and parts
of central Nigeria killing at least 2,000 people. The group says its members are fighting to
create
an Islamic state in Nigeria's predominantly
Muslim
north. Mr Shekau said his group had done no
wrong and so an amnesty would not be applicable to
them. It was the Nigerian government that was
committing atrocities against Muslims, he said.
"Surprisingly, the Nigerian government is
talking
about granting us amnesty. What wrong have we done? On the contrary, it is we that should
grant you [a] pardon," AFP news agency quotes
him as saying in the Hausa language audio
recording. BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross
says that
northern religious and political leaders have been
urging President Jonathan to grant an amnesty
to
the militants as they say the army's response to
the insurgency is not bringing peace. The
amnesty panel was set up by the president last week and includes senior military
representatives, presidential sources said. The
move surprised many as President Jonathan
had dismissed the idea of amnesty and
dialogue,
our reporter says. In 2009, then-Nigerian President Musa Yar Adua
granted an amnesty to thousands of militants
wreaking havoc in the oil-rich Niger Delta in the
south. The violence fell dramatically but there
are
worrying warnings of further unrest in the Delta,
analysts say.
Source: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22105476

Rotimi47: †ђε major thing that can save Nigeria is Ĝ∞∂ government because God have done a lot for Nigeria and all that is left is we doing †ђε right thing but if after this have been done boko haram still go on with their evil activities, they should legalize fire arms Nation wide, gbam; we will then know whether boko haram/hausa/flani has †ђε monopoly of violence.

MiloRambaldi: About time the FG starts working with the US to target these people using drones.

Obiagelli: The federal government should seek amnesty from Nigerians for looting us dry

nagoma:

its high time we tell ourselves the truth.. there is no good governance anywhere in Nigeria!!! Nigeria is a place where bad governance is the other of the day. Its' a competition(who is worse than the other)... lets face the fact, the BH are clamouring for an islamic state/country, which is not possible, cos Nigeria is a country where there are diversities of religion and belief. so, if they are saying they want to have their own state, all well and good , give them their state and stop this blood shed.Taking sudan as an example. the war that has been for years ended,immediately the states were divided into North and south sudan. Those Northern political thieves know this but they wont support it, cos they know if they do, they will wail in poverty,cos of the resources they loot in Niger delta..(who would want to loose such a wealth)[/b]only the thieves in the north!!! yet i still hear [b]HELL CALLING THEM...

Even NORTHERNERS did not provide good governance and you think southerners can do it? Just look at the trend of progressive failure of governance.