Former President Goodluck
Jonathan’s ex-aide, Reno Omokri, has admonished the President Muhammadu
Buhari-led federal government to stop negotiating and paying ransom to Boko
Haram terrorists.
Omokri said by paying ransom to
Boko Haram, government was indirectly financing the terrorist group.
Omokri warned that negotiating
with terrorists will always “come back to haunt” the nation.
In an article, the former aide
wrote: “I have just watched a video by Shuaibu Moni, a Boko Haram commander who
was reported by the media to have been freed in exchange for some 82 kidnapped
Chibok girls in a deal allegedly brokered by the Swedish government.
“The fact that a Boko Haram
commander released by the Buhari government can threaten Nigeria proves that
you should not negotiate with terrorists or pay ransoms to them. By doing so,
you become the major financier of terrorism knowingly or unknowingly!
“In this video, Mr. Moni
threatened Nigeria and vowed to show the country that Boko Haram is still fully
in control of Sambisa Forest, contrary to claims made by the military and
President Muhammadu Buhari.
“This latest video proves the
futility of negotiating with terrorists. Terrorists cannot be trusted and any
negotiation or ransom payments will only come back to haunt you as we have seen
in Mr. Moni’s latest video.
“Under the Buhari administration,
nearly a thousand so called ‘repentant’ Boko Haram members have been freed. How
many of them were truly repentant?
“How does a government justify
releasing hardened criminals who by the principle of Taqiyya, are permitted by
their extremist interpretation of their religion, to deceive their enemies in
order to undermine them?
“Has the Buhari government
offered the same liberty to repentant IPOB members, Shiites and other
minority/religious activists?
“What is so special to the Buhari
administration about Boko Haram that this government keeps on releasing members
of one of the most deadly terrorists in the world?
“I hereby call on the Buhari
administration to put a stop to this unusual practice of releasing deadly
terrorists. I also call on the government to halt any payments to Boko Haram or
any other terrorist group if they have been making such payments.
“Who knows whether it was moneys
paid as ransom to Boko Haram or individuals freed by the government that were
used to facilitate the kidnap of the Dapchi Girls and the recent killings of
United Nations staff in Rann.
“Again I urge the Federal
Government not to unwittingly become a lifeline to Boko Haram.”
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