Elder statesmen from the North East geo-political zone yesterday
appealed to the Boko Haram sect to embrace dialogue offered by the
Federal Government in order to find an amicable way of resolving the
crisis.
The elders, who met in Bauchi under the aegis of the North-East Forum of
Concerned Leaders, said the call became necessary in view of the
precarious security situation in the region brought about by the Boko
Haram insurgency.
Former minister of establishment during
the Obasanjo-led administration, Alhaji Muhammadu Bello Kirfi convened
the meeting presided over by former finance minister Adamu Ciroma at
Faria Suits, GRA Bauchi.
Kirfi said, “our region has been
engulfed in warfare, more complex and sophisticated than the Nigerian
Civil War. Whereas in the civil war the battle line was drawn as the
enemy was known, in this very one the enemy is known but remains hidden
and thus the battle front covers all nooks and crannies of the six
states of the region.
“We plead with our brothers and sisters
in the Jama’atu Ahlussunnati Liddaawati wal Jihad to sheath their swords
in the spirit of peace.Also in attendance were Alhaji Aliko
Mohammed (Dan Iyan Misau),former Deputy Speaker Bayero Nafada, former
Secretary to the Federal Government Yayale Ahmed, former FCT Minister
Aliyu Modibbo and Senator Usman Albishir.
There were also former Women Affairs
Minister Hajiya Inna Maryam Ciroma, Hajiya Fati Mu’azu, Ambassador Adamu
Bulkachuwa, former deputy governors of Bauchi, Abdulmalik Mahmud and
Garba Gadi, former Minister of Police Affairs Ibrahim Yakubu Lame, among
other renowned politicians.
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