The Arewa Youth Consultative
Forum, AYCF, has warned that Boko Haram insurgents may replicate what Talibans
did in Afghanistan here in Nigeria.
AYCF National President, Yerima
Shettima said Boko Haram insurgents may take over the Nigerian government like
the Taliban did in Afghanistan.
Speaking, Shettima faulted the decision of the Federal Government to rehabilitate
repentant Boko Haram members.
He warned that reintegrating them
into the society could be dangerous because they may regroup and attack again.
According to Shettima: “Things
like this should be an experience we should work on ahead of time to avert, and
that is why I defer from this ideology of granting amnesty to people who
committed so much damage to Nigeria.
“In the case of the Taliban in
Afghanistan, you will see that it’s the same thing that replicated itself that
we in Nigeria are almost bumping into now.
“Remember that it was the idea of
Obama to grant some Taliban leaders amnesty; eventually, they gathered momentum
and suddenly ousted a legitimate government because they see themselves as the
government already.
“This same experience we are
likely to have, but God forbid, we will resist such in Nigeria. Why should
somebody who committed the crime of killing people, chasing people out of their
homes to IDP camps, killing them still be reintegrated into the society?
“Instead of trying to
rehabilitate victims back to their homes, the government is celebrating the
same man who artificially created the trouble for them that they are exhausted.
They may probably regroup and attack again; we are now busy granting them
amnesty; I really don’t understand what Nigerians think at times.
“If you grant them amnesty, do
you think the society will allow them to sit around? It’s impossible.
Government should be all out to fight them once and for all, prosecute them and
make them face the law because that would serve as a deterrent to those who
felt cheated would be happy, and the society would also know that you can’t do
things wrongly and get away with it. This will even serve as a deterrent to
those thinking of committing such crimes.
“Today, we have a problem of
terrorism with bandits; if you think you can’t prosecute them but grant them
amnesty, then there is no need to keep people in prison; allow everybody to
come back home, give amnesty to everybody lets know we are in a society where
crime become the order of the day. Automatically we are in the Banana Republic,
where there is no law and order, a place where people can do things and get
away, so we can fall into a state of anarchy where everybody would defend
themselves. We can’t think that way, and that is where I defer from those who
believe amnesty is the right thing.
“We are faced with the issue of
Boko Haram because we can’t wipe them out, and if another force joins them,
there are possibilities of the same happening.
“Meanwhile, some of us find it
difficult to agree that the Nigerian government has been overwhelmed, I commend
the Nigerian Armed Forces, in recent times, their pattern has changed and they
are making some efforts, but we expect more from them. No organisation or
individual should be seen to be more powerful than the government.”
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