Borno residents have voiced their opposition to the offer of negotiation by the Federal Government to Boko Haram insurgents.
The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Monday, July 6, advised the APC-led government to intensify its military action rather than negotiate with the insurgents.
A Maiduguri based Islamic scholar, Shieikh Musa Usman, said the government should provide the military with the necessary weapons and hardware to prosecute the war against Boko Haram.
Usman said: “We heard in the media that government was considering a dialogue option with the insurgents following the recent spate of attacks in the North east. Why should government dialogue with individuals who are only interested in killing and maiming innocent people?”
“Is government saying that it cannot continue with the current anti insurgency war or what? Why must we be talking about dialogue when our neighbours are already dislodging the insurgents from their countries?.”
Similarly, another scholar- Malam Goni Yahuza, said negotiating with the insurgents was a sign of weakness.
“I do not support the idea of dialogue with Boko Haram because there is nothing to dialogue about. In the first place, I do not think that the group has something to talk about apart from violence.”
“I believe that the Nigerian military has all its takes to crush the insurgents, what they need is proper motivation for the task. Government must strive hard to ensure that it puts an end to the insurgency in a short while.”
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