Apparently sensing the looming danger and the Federal Government's
readiness to oust them, outlawed Islamist extremists, Boko Haram, has
said it is now ready for peace talks.
This decision came three days after the army offered a N290m bounty
for information leading to the capture of 19 leading members of the
sect.
The letter came in through the head of journalists in Borno State, Aba
Kakami, barely 72 hours after bombers hit a Protestant Military
Church, Armed Forces Command and Staff College in Jaji, Kaduna State
killing 17 persons and injuring scores of others.
The letter According to an international newsagency, Reuters, was
personally signed by Sheik Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, a mansuspected
to be their kingpin.
According to a count by Human Rights Watch,since the dreaded sect
began to launch attacks on Nigerians since 1999, no fewer than 3,000
people have lost their lives.
It would be recalled that the dreaded sect said they were ready for
peace talks in the teleconference and nominating former Head of State,
Muhammadu Buhari , as a mediator. Buhari has since rejected the
mediatory role.
"We are by this letter of invitation to our respected elders proving
to government that we are not joking with the government, but we are
awaiting the response of those concerned," the letter reads.
Abdulazeez said he was speaking on behalf of the sect's leader, Abubakar Shekau.
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