According to report reaching OYOGist.com, a Borno lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume has called on the Nigerian Government to stop giving Amnesty to repentant Boko Haram members. The lawmaker made this known immediately after the defense budget session at the National Assembly.
Senator Ali Ndume also claimed that one of the repentant Boko Haram members who granted Amnesty by the Nigerian government was responsible for the murder of Colonel D.C. Bako, a theater commander of in the NorthEast under the Operation Lafiya Dole.
“I am in disagreement with the government on the issue of de-radicalising and reintegrating (Boko Haram repentants). I still maintain that. You can’t be resettling people, pampering them while the war is on. The committee is on the same page and I believe many Nigerians are on the same page with this.”
“In my village, mallams, not ordinary Muslims, elders above 60, 75 of them were taken to an abattoir and slaughtered by Boko Haram. Can you imagine that the Nigerian Army or the Nigerian Government is saying that because these people have gone to repent or they say they have their hands up, you bring them back and pamper them.”
“In addition to that, the recent attack in Damboa was carried out by a repentant (Boko Haram) giving information as to the movement of the army, the general that was killed was a victim,” Senator Ali Ndume said.
