In response to the Sultan of Sokoto’s demand for amnesty for the members of the Boko Haram sect, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that the sect deserves no form of compensation.
In a press release signed by the General Secretary of the Christian body, Dr. Musa Asake, CAN expressed surprise at the request by the Sultan and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, maintaining that any attempt to placate the extremists is a plan to hoodwink the Presidency.
“We need to also remind the Sultan and others on the same page with him that terrorism is not about justice. It is about ideology. In this case, Boko Haram is founded on the premise of extreme Islamic ideology. It is, therefore, mischievous for those who understand this to hoodwink the President into actions that would be futile in the end,” the statement said.
In the light of the N100 million paid to the family of the late sect’s leader by the Borno State government, CAN demanded to know who would compensate the families of the victims of the killings by Boko Haram.
“We believe that for the talk about amnesty to hold water, the Islamist militant group must first of all renounce their extreme ideology and embrace the ceasefire plan.”