“We are not negotiating with Boko Haram” – Jonathan backtracks

by Rachel Ogbu

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President Goodluck Jonathan has given a three months deadline to solve the problem of Boko Haram insurgency saying by the end of the year, the problem would have been significantly eradicated.

“We are not negotiating with Boko Haram. It is done all over the world. It is not negotiation. We are not begging,” President Jonathan reportedly said.

“Our security architecture was first designed to deal with ordinary criminals but since terror started, we have been building it. I believe if you are to interview me again in three months’ time, you will praise me that this government has tried.”

“We are tackling terror from various angles. We must first of all stop them through military intervention, which we have initiated by declaring a state of emergency in three states where these terror attacks are predominant.”

[READ: Just In: FG signs ceasefire deal with Boko Haram ]

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The Punch reports:

The President, a CNN interview monitored by our correspondent on Friday, said Nigeria’s “security architecture” was not prepared for the problem of terrorism.

He also said the country was not negotiating with Boko Haram contrary to opinions, but simply making attempts to “change their orientation”.

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