Bachelorette at 26-01-2012 03:55 PM (13 years ago)
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenged violent Islamist sect Boko Haram on Thursday to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks, while acknowledging that military confrontation alone will not end their insurgency.
In an interview with Reuters at the presidential villa in the capital Abuja, Jonathan also said there was no doubt that Boko Haram had links with other jihadist groups outside Nigeria.
"If they clearly identify themselves now and say this is the reason why we are resisting, this is the reason why we are confronting government or this is the reason why we destroy some innocent people and their properties ... then there will be a basis for dialogue," Jonathan said.
"We will dialogue, let us know your problems and we will solve your problem but if they don't identify themselves, who will you dialogue with?"
But he cautioned that the crisis would be much harder to resolve than the one in the oil rich southeastern Niger Delta, which was largely defused in 2009 under an amnesty he helped broker.
(Reporting by Tim Cocks, Joe Brock and Felix Onuah; Writing by Tim Cocks)
I've always lived by 3 principles:
1. Honour ur God, 2. Love ur Family and 3. Defend your Country
Posted: at 26-01-2012 03:55 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
onyimau20 at 26-01-2012 04:21 PM (13 years ago) (f)
I dont think these pple hv any specified problem,they only derive joy in shading innocent bloods..I wish they will come out with a reasonable request, that would attract ''a dialogue''..Instead of sending those nonsense messages with baseless n dumb informations..
Posted: at 26-01-2012 04:21 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
If truly the so called boko haram has something tangible to hold on to,let them come out with it so that everyone in the country will see and reason along with them.if not they should please stop all their killings and destruction of human and physical properties worth millions of naira that they are destroying.Now Mr president has giving them another chance please in the name of the God that u profess please come out and put on the table so that we all can see and reason with u people.
Posted: at 26-01-2012 04:42 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
seungbadebo at 26-01-2012 09:08 PM (13 years ago) (f)
dialogue??this people have proved they dont have a tangible reason for what they do. one minute they tell us its because their leader was killed, the other minute they say it is d command of allah to kill infidels. countries that had experience with terrorists already warn Nigeria never to dialogue with terrorists, it only gives them more power to ask for the unthinkable. Jonathan is toooooo weak, way too weak. why wld anyone keep a terrorist with police in the first place? such pple are kept with counter-terrorist units or highly organised forces. y wld the president appoint an IG that cannot even run or carry gun(do y'all see his pot belly?) dialogue will only empower boko haram
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:08 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
MR PRESIDENT, THERE IS NO REASON TO DIALOGUE WITH MURDEROUS ILLITERATES WHO GO ABOUT KILLING UNARMED INNOCENT PEOPLE, CAN YOU TALK SENSE INTO A SLEEPY MAN? THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. IF YOU DIALOGUE WITH THEM TOMORROW ANOTHER GROUP OF BANDITS WOULD SPRING UP AGAIN AND HOLD THE NATION TO RANSOME. ISLAM IS A THREAT TO WORLD PEACE. FOOLS!!!
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:11 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
they r blood sucking animals. they av silly xcuses weneva they bomb. today southerners shld leave d north, tmr western education is a sin, next is govt killed their master. no motive. just wanna suck blood. eish
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:12 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
MR PRESIDENT, THERE IS NO REASON TO DIALOGUE WITH MURDEROUS ILLITERATES WHO GO ABOUT KILLING UNARMED INNOCENT PEOPLE, CAN YOU TALK SENSE INTO A SLEEPY MAN? THESE PEOPLE ARE CRIMINALS AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH. IF YOU DIALOGUE WITH THEM TOMORROW ANOTHER GROUP OF BANDITS WOULD SPRING UP AGAIN AND HOLD THE NATION TO RANSOM. ISLAM IS A THREAT TO WORLD PEACE. FOOLS!!!
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:13 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
escapedprince at 26-01-2012 09:20 PM (13 years ago) (m)
Negotiating with terrorists is very bad,!!! And will only embolden and legitimize them!!! Jonathan is setting a bad precedent,his desperation to secure his rule,should not blind him to this basic principles, But,if it will help to restore security so be it.
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:20 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
dogodajiabuja at 26-01-2012 09:21 PM (13 years ago) (m)
the onions and tomatoes weh dem deh sell, we deh buy am with money the cows weh dem deh sell, we deh buy am with money, we no deh thief am like govt deh thief our oil! wetin dem go dialogue for? abeg dis pple no get better talk joor!!!!!!!1 unless dem no want school true true, very simple....demolish all the primary, secondary and university schools in the north uncircumcised fools!!!!!!!!! 7 virgins my ass!!!!!!!!!
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:21 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
what a shame, Nigeria and its governments and his advisers want to DIALOGUE with terrorists, oh no, what a country, . where in the world have this kind of thing happend before???, oh, this is sad to hear that a president of a country want to dialogue with terrorist,
Posted: at 26-01-2012 09:22 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie