Boko Haram Kills 10, Injures 50 as Buhari Ignores Pleas for Amnesty
Boko Haram Kills 10, Injures 50 as Buhari Ignores Pleas for Amnesty
The rampaging Boko Haram terrorist network has struck again, killing 10 and injuring scores of citizens in Borno State as President Muhammadu Buhari rules out amnesty for bandits and insurgents troubling the peace of Nigeria.
While Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau, was claiming responsibility for the Tuesday bombing of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, Northern leaders were in Kaduna pushing for amnesty for bloodletting bandits and insurgents.
At least ten persons were killed during the attack which was carried out with rocket launchers, according to witnesses.
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A meeting of the Governors of the 19 Northern States, the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Director General of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, as well as the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, held in Kaduna on Thursday.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III led traditional rulers from all parts of the north to the meeting which held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House.
Other attendees at the high powered meeting were northern lawmakers from both chambers of the National Assembly represented by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ahmad Idris Wase, who stood in for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, leaderships of the Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Elders’ Forum among others.
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February 25, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari said on Thursday that criminals who were terrorising the country should be dealt with accordingly, without resorting to ethnic profiling. He reiterated that government shall continue to deal with insurgents, bandits, kidnappers and other criminal elements who constitute threat to innocent citizens across the country.
Speaking while declaring open a meeting of the 19 Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) and Council of Northern Traditional Rulers at the Government House, Kaduna, Buhari who was represented by the Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari said, “Criminals are criminals and should be dealt with accordingly as such, without resorting to ethnic profiling”.