The federal government is currently negotiating with boko haram terrorists for the release of 219 Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped over 1 year ago. Hopes of freedom for the 219 Chibok girls have been rekindled, with preliminary talks between the Presidency and some Boko Haram leaders. The new deal is being brokered by some confidants of the Presidency and the sect.
Some key commanders of Boko Haram in detention are also eager to be part of the initiative, The Nation learnt. The new understanding came amid security reports that about 500 insurgents in a neighboring country are interested in renouncing terrorism – in line with the reconciliatory agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari. But the President is being cautious in rushing at the new offer from some leaders of the sect to avoid what a source described as the “costly mistakes of the past administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Buhari has asked security agents to “screen or certify” those spearheading the new negotiation to ensure that the government is dealing with the right Boko Haram leaders. Some Boko Haram leaders are believed to have been overwhelmed by the President ‘s olive branch.
It was learnt that the President’s reconciliatory agenda made some confidants of the sect to initiate a fresh negotiation between the Presidency and some Boko Haram leaders. It was gathered that at the preliminary level, a “cautious understanding” has been struck by both parties
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