Special
Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi
Adesina on Saturday, July 4, 2015 explained his earlier statement
concerning the willingness of the Federal Government to bring Boko Haram
insurgents to the negotiating table.
Adesina had in an interview with BBC said that if Boko Haram insurgents would negotiate, President Buhari was willing to offer them amnesty.
In a bid to defend the comments has
brought about several unsavoury comments and remarks from a broad
spectrum of Nigerians, Adesina on Saturday, July 4, 2015 released a
statement titled: “Amplification of Comments on Negotiations with Boko
Haram.”
According to Adesina, all wars, no matter how vicious, always “end around the negotiation table.”
He said: “The machinery put in place,
and which will be set in motion soon, can only devastate and decapitate
insurgency. It is multinational in nature, and relief is on the way for
Nigeria and her neighbours. President Muhammadu Buhari is resolute. He
has battled and won insurgency before, he is poised to win again. It is a
promise he made to Nigerians, and he is a promise keeper.
“But I say again, if the insurgents want
to negotiate, no decent government will be averse to such. Didn’t the
Taliban and Americans also negotiate in Afghanistan?”
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