KADUNA – Barely 24 hours
after the Federal Government
announced the composition
of a 26-man committee to
dialogue with the Boko
Haram with a view to
granting amnesty to the sect
members, a second nominee,
Dr. Ahmed Datti, has pulled
out of the committee.
Comrade Sanni said
government did not contact
him before including his
name on the committee.
Dr Ibrahim Datti, who
declined the offer to serve on
the committee while
speaking with foreign
journalists in Kano was
quoted as saying that the
government was not sincere
in the whole process.
He told the journalists that he
once served on a similar
committee appointed by the
government where
recommendations were
made on how to put an end
to the Boko Haram crisis but
that government reneged on
the agreement to implement
the recommendations.
Dr Ahmed argued that he did
not want to be ridiculed
again by serving on the new
committee.
Another member of the
committee who did not want
to be quoted told Vanguard
that “the committee
members were taken
unawares, and are made up
of people of strange fellows,
and as such would not be
surprised if Datti opted out”
According to him, “the
implication of serving on the
committee has to be
weighed by each member of
the committee, from
individual, family, communal
and even sectarian levels. We
do not know each other very
well, and there is this issue
of trust, first and foremost.
We were not contacted
before our names were
announced. While some
people may think we are
doing a good job, there
would be others who may
think we are apologists of
the sect.
“We don’t even know what
the sect will say about us,
knowing fully that their
leader has said they do not
want to be ‘insulted’ with
amnesty. There would be
many others who are
thinking we are there to
make money under the cover
of Boko Haram amnesty. I
think this thing was too
hasty.
“If Dr Datti said he is not
interested, I will not be
surprised. Since I cannot
speak for the committee and
we have not met, I don’t
want to suggest anything. As
for me, I have to make very
wide consultation on this
assignment, and I will not be
surprised if many others are
doing so”, he said.

Comrade Sani made a similar declaration suggesting Salkida to the committee and asserting that he was not informed before d appointment.
I av many questions abt this. What's d essence of the amnesty? Is Nigeria as a democratical nation failing us?...... In this kinda situation, Is amnesty the only solution? How can u think of granting amnesty to people u dnt knw, people that already had back ups? Whats d essence of the amnesty? I think we should try other forms govt rather than democracy.