Civil Society Organisations
(CSOs) and faith-based organisations have asked the federal government not pay
ransom to the Boko Haram sect for the release of 110 students abducted from
Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state.
At a press conference in Abuja on
Monday, the group comprising over 50 CSOs and NGOs said negotiating with the
sect will embolden it.
The group alleged that the kidnap
of the schoolgirls is a “conspiracy between some international actors and their
collaborators who exist in Boko Haram plotting the disintegration of Nigeria”.
“On Monday February 19, 2018 as
many as 105 students were abducted by gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram
terrorists, who invaded the Government Girls’ Science Technical College,
Dapchi, Yobe State,” the group said.
“The objective is to make
Nigerians to forget the labour and efforts that have been put in to extinguish
terrorism from the country.
“The government must not pay any
ransom for the girls’ release as we gathered that such funds would be paid to
weapons supplier that are on standby to supply arms meant to revive Boko Haram.
“We urge the Nigerian military to
go after the abductors while the intelligence community should work to
concretely expose the links between the saboteurs undermining Nigeria.”
Last week, Joshua Lidani, senator
representing Gombe south, said the country had been empowering Boko Haram insurgents
by paying ransom for abducted persons.
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