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Wednesday 5 November 2014
Boko Haram: No Ceasefire Yet, Federal Government Says
This was disclosed during a Council of State
meeting which held in Abuja on Tuesday,
November 4.
The Federal Government has said that it is yet to
reach a ceasefire agreement with terrorist sect,
Boko Haram.
This was disclosed during a Council of State
meeting which held in Abuja on Tuesday,
November 4.
The FG also added that negotiations with the sect
are still ongoing and that the press had
misinterpreted the earlier announcement of a
ceasefire.
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom
briefed State House correspondents after the end
of the meeting which was presided over by
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Council of State had been briefed on the
developments by the National Security Adviser,
Col. Sambo Dasuki.
Akpabio said:
“The NSA was of the opinion that high level
contact with the Republic of Chad was made and
that some persons who acted on behalf of Boko
Haram and who claimed to have authority also
had discussions with them and there are some
Nigerian officials with them.”
“Of course, no agreement has been reached yet, it
is just that the press probably misunderstood
what was reported, the discussions are ongoing.”
“What came out of the NSA’s briefings was that
the President will do everything possible to
ensure the release of those young girls and to
ensure protection of lives and property.”
“That will include dialogue where you can have
the people to dialogue with, because you cannot
dialogue with people that are faceless and
therefore, every opportunity must be explored to
ensure peace return to the region.”
“There are some instances in which countries had
to contend with insurgency for years, but in the
case of Nigeria, we said we must find a practical
means of bringing insurgency to an end in the
shortest possible time so that Nigerians can sleep
with their two eyes closed.”
The governor also added that the council was
satisfied with the efforts being made by the
Defence Ministry to curb the insurgency.
Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh announced
on October 17 that Nigeria had reached a
ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram » and
former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu
Obanikoro lauded the decision saying it
showed courage on President Jonathan’s
part.
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