Lagos—CONVENER of the
Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said one of the ways
to end Boko Haram insurgency is for the Federal Government to apologise
to members of the sect over the murder of their leader, Mohammed Yusuf,
in 2009.
He, however, said last Wednesday’s attack on former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy in Kaduna State is an indication that bombing in the country is taking a new dimension.
Bakare, who is the Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, spoke during a
state of the nation address at a church service in Lagos.
Proffering ways of ending the Boko Haram insurgency, Bakare said there
was need for “updating and strengthening of military capability,
creation of jobs and enhanced welfare to discourage recruits of the
sect, diplomatic engagement with the international community, creation
of an atmosphere of political inclusion rather than exclusion, among
others. We need a strong and well coordinated approach to terrorism.”
Bakare, who was Buhari’s Vice-Presidential running mate in the 2011
presidential elections, said “but for the timely intervention of God,
last week’s assassination attempt on General Muhamadu Buhari might have
marked the beginning of the end for Nigeria if it had succeeded. We will
not also ignore the fact that at the root of the escalation of the Boko
Haram crisis was oppression and injustice.
”The summary execution
of the Boko Haram’s former leader, Mohammed Yusuf in 2009 provided the
soil of martyrdom for the nurture and growth of the sect. Government
must declare peace first of all; apologising for the murder of Mohammed
Yusuf to the sect members not their sympathisers or bandits.”
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