Governor Isah Yuguda of Bauchi State has assured that “real Boko Haram members” will accept the amnesty offered by the federal government.

He declared, however, that it is the responsibility of the government to deal with criminal and political members of the Boko Haram sect when the real members accept the amnesty proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Yuguda, who spoke with editors in Lagos on Saturday night, said that the real members of the sect who have various problems agitating their minds “have accepted and will accept the amnesty, which the president is proposing”.

The governor, who said there was a serious need to look into the issues that prompted the sect’s activities such as joblessness and illiteracy, noted that those who are kicking against the amnesty package are the criminals and the politically motivated among the members.

He also spoke on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), boasting that the party would win 35 out of the 36 states of the federation in 2015.

Yuguda also denied any crisis existed among the governors in their forum but instead explained that the PDP Governors’ Forum was necessary to discuss matters arising from the PDP manifesto.

Still on Boko Haram, the governor said that there was no true Muslim that would pick up weapons and kill a fellow man.

Nonetheless, he made it clear that there exist criminal elements among the sect, adding that it was left for the government to deal with them after the package has been accepted by the real sect members.

Said the governor: “Amnesty has been given to the real Boko Haram and I believe they are willing to accept that. That is my belief, but you know there is the criminal Boko Haram and there is the real Boko Haram. But the criminal and the political Boko Haram are the armed robbers and that arm of politicians that call themselves Boko Haram and they go about attacking people.

“Maybe, it is the criminal Boko Haram members that are responding to say that they don’t want amnesty because they have a different intention. Some of them are gunrunners, some of them are armed robbers and some of them are doing that on behalf of politicians. So, they just hide under Boko Haram and perpetrate evil.

“For those that are actually Boko Haram, I would want to believe that there is something that is agitating their minds, not about killing human beings but probably there are certain things that have agitated their minds --probably joblessness. I understand some of them are university graduates -- 15 years, no job.

“Now that the president has extended that olive branch to them, I would like to believe that they are quite happy. There has to be an end to all these. Once they have accepted, we know that we have to face the criminals. Any other person that is calling himself Boko Haram, we know they are the armed robbers and the political Boko Haram. You have to understand this. Boko in Hausa is “learning in English”, including learning rocket science, medicine, biology, Chemistry, Hausa, Yoruba – anything learnt in English characters. But if you learn rocket science in Arabic, is it Boko too?”

The governor contended that it was wrong to refer to Boko Haram as a religious sect or Islamic sect. Rather, he said, there is a serious need to look at the sect and find out what the agitation was all about. He stressed that neither Islam nor Christianity permits its adherents to kill.

According to him, “I become really worried when I read about mayhem, insecurity and all that in Bauchi. What is all this? I am telling you that the crimes committed in one city in any of these developed countries are more than that committed in Nigeria. Way back in 1999, the budget for security alone was in the region of about $30b. I am telling you that in one city alone…

“If you read the Bible from the beginning to the end, there is nowhere it says go and kill for God. Even the Bible says if you are slapped on the left, you turn the other cheek. What is the justification for the killing of people? Certainly not from the Bible! As for you being a Muslim, you cannot be a Muslim without believing in the Bible. In the Quoran, Jesus is Isah, the son of Mary. You must believe in his mother and believe that he was given birth to by the power of the Holy Spirit. You must believe in the Bible, even though there are minor variations -- that which relates to the crucifixion and the Trinity...

“For any Muslim or Christian who picks up a weapon and says I want to kill, that man is a criminal. He is not a Muslim, he is not a Christian. And the earlier you start preaching this philosophy, the better for all of us. We must find a reason for the killing. It is either poverty, tribal or you look for the reason. It is not religious.”

On the crisis rocking the PDP, Yuguda said that the party would come out stronger and win more states in the 2015 election.

There is no crisis in the party that cannot be resolved, he said.

“PDP is going to win 35 out of the 36 states of the federation come 2015… We are winning in Lagos.”

On the PDP Governors’ Forum, he said: “It is not a crisis. Formation of association is provided for in the constitution. Today, the opposition parties formed an association and they call themselves APC. If PDP governors feel that there are certain things that are exclusive to them as PDP governors, in the PDP manifesto, that they need to discuss and try as much as possible to make sure that they implement the programmes and manifesto, we should do that. But the Governors’ Forum is Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum.

“I had the privilege of going to the annual general meeting of the American Governors’ Forum. PDP has its own interest to unite and discuss our own problems.”

http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/52084/2013/04/15/real_boko_haramll_accept_amnesty_gov_yuguda.html

Amnesty may not end terrorism - ACF

Following the announcement by the federal government that it was considering making an offer of amnesty to the Boko Haram and other insurgent groups waging war on the northern states of Nigeria, the apex northern socio-cultural organisation, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), yesterday said that the amnesty, if finally granted, may not end terrorism.

This is just as they told federal government to spell out clear terms and conditions for all those who decided to accept the amnesty offer and the benefit they stand to gain by doing so.

“The terms and conditions should specify the concessions government will make to the insurgents and other possible incentives it will provide -- all within a time-line, also to be specified. It should address the losses suffered by the victims of insurgency,” said the ACF in a statement by its spokesman Anthony Sani. “The forum is fully aware of the fact that amnesty may not automatically end terrorism, especially when we know that some hardliners may not accept the offer. But it will most likely mark the beginning of a process that holds the promise of bringing the tragic situation to an end.”

According to ACF, amnesty that could lead to dialogue recommends itself precisely because the use of force in other countries like Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan and even in our country by President Yar’Adua in 2009 against the sect has not delivered on the desired peace, since in all these places the terrorists remain undaunted. In such circumstances, an alternative approach or strategy is imperative, even if not popular.

“The offer of amnesty may persuade members of the insurgencies to come out and show their faces on the negotiation table without any fear of security agents. Without any form of mechanism in place by government that guarantees the security of the insurgents, nobody can reasonably expect them to show their faces.

“One way of exterminating terrorism in the long run is counter-terrorism strategy through which radicalization, recruitment, inflow of arms and chemicals used for explosives can be checked. Also monitoring of sources of financing, transportation and borders is imperative.

“We believe efforts must not be spared in addressing the underlying causes of uprising through good governance that come with purposeful leadership with political will and determination,” the statement read.

The statement further said that “the overriding consideration and pre-occupation now should be on how best the nation can put an early end to further killings of innocent Nigerians, more so that the issue of victims and amnesty are not mutually exclusive since both can go on concurrently during negotiations. No one reasonably expects all members of the sect to accept the offer of amnesty immediately.

“Many may drag their feet. But that should not be a hindrance, considering the possibility of those who accept it becoming assets that can make their reluctant colleagues reconsider their position and accept the amnesty as the process progresses,” the statement added.



Amnesty: They may be faceless but let us deal with them - Hon. Wudil

The Deputy Chairman of the House Committee on Works, Hon. Muhammad Ali Wudil, who comes from Kano state; a state now confronted with the most threatening security challenge in its 40 decades of existence has thrown his wieght behind the amnesty programme for Boko Haram initiated by the federal government.

Wudil while talking to the press said they may be “faceless” but let us engage them in their faceless mode, likening the situation to a human suffering from an ailment that cannot be seen yet the discomfort and harm still persists.

Speaking to journalists on Friday he revealed that the Federal government has expended a whopping N312 billion on road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance across the country in 2012.

He said, “About N226 billion was spent on roads in 2012. That includes FERMA, and that is from the national budget. But there was also an additional N86 billion, which was spent on roads from SURE-P”.

This is a scam

If real boko haram accept amnesty, dn govt must tackle fake boko wit 4ce. Say no to boko boiz (real or fake)

GEJ is a weakling! Dude needs to grow a pair.

What an epistle!!

The North has seen a president to play games with.

When would GEJ grow some balls and take the right decision on Boko Haram?



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Your excellency sir, on the contrary i think the real bk haram will oppose the amnesty offer while the political and criminal bk whom you and your fellow politicians in the north funded will be the ones that will accept the amnesty offer. Unless you are telling us that imam shekau is not the real bk.

This country is an embarrassment! How can a set of people, northern govs be clamouring for something like this. It is obvious selfish interest is what is driving these people.

They will gather a group of people and call them "the real boko haram" just for the purpose of collecting amnesty money and then the real boko haram who will now be tagged as "fake boko haram" will continue bombing, and we will be back to square 1.

I don't blame them at all, na Jona wey just nor know the power wey him get, and like someone said, he should grow a pair of balls and call their bluff.

Emperor_007: The North has seen a president to play games with.

When would GEJ grow some balls and take the right decision on Boko Haram?



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What's the right decision

Imagine Al-qaeda telling Obama they won't accept Amnesty.

Scam Scam Scam Scam. The real boko haram are the northern elites that will accept amnesty and share our money. When did Yuguda turn to boko haram spokesman when the real boko haram we know said they aint accepting amnesty. To hell with this northern folks

Which one is real or fake boko haram again If their aim is to fight joblessness and corruption as stated, should they kill innocent citizens cos of this? Don't they know d way to Aso Rock or whenever these polithiefcians were having their vanity meetings to vent their anger? Now i concured with those pple that say Nigeria is a joke.

they said that boko haram members are not real Muslims and now somebody is telling me about the "real" boko harams that will accept amnesty, i hope there are Christians?

Such ludicrous statements. Fake and Real Boko-Haram.? Since wen?

This man wants to divert our fund.. First, tell us who are the real Boko Haram..

dadde: Governor Isah Yuguda of Bauchi State has assured that “real Boko Haram members” will accept the amnesty offered by the federal government.

He declared, however, that it is the responsibility of the government to deal with criminal and political members of the Boko Haram sect when the real members accept the amnesty proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

Yuguda, who spoke with editors in Lagos on Saturday night, said that the real members of the sect who have various problems agitating their minds “have accepted and will accept the amnesty, which the president is proposing”.

The governor, who said there was a serious need to look into the issues that prompted the sect’s activities such as joblessness and illiteracy, noted that those who are kicking against the amnesty package are the criminals and the politically motivated among the members.

He also spoke on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), boasting that the party would win 35 out of the 36 states of the federation in 2015.

Yuguda also denied any crisis existed among the governors in their forum but instead explained that the PDP Governors’ Forum was necessary to discuss matters arising from the PDP manifesto.

Still on Boko Haram, the governor said that there was no true Muslim that would pick up weapons and kill a fellow man.

Nonetheless, he made it clear that there exist criminal elements among the sect, adding that it was left for the government to deal with them after the package has been accepted by the real sect members.

Said the governor: “Amnesty has been given to the real Boko Haram and I believe they are willing to accept that. That is my belief, but you know there is the criminal Boko Haram and there is the real Boko Haram. But the criminal and the political Boko Haram are the armed robbers and that arm of politicians that call themselves Boko Haram and they go about attacking people.

“Maybe, it is the criminal Boko Haram members that are responding to say that they don’t want amnesty because they have a different intention. Some of them are gunrunners, some of them are armed robbers and some of them are doing that on behalf of politicians. So, they just hide under Boko Haram and perpetrate evil.

“For those that are actually Boko Haram, I would want to believe that there is something that is agitating their minds, not about killing human beings but probably there are certain things that have agitated their minds --probably joblessness. I understand some of them are university graduates -- 15 years, no job.

“Now that the president has extended that olive branch to them, I would like to believe that they are quite happy. There has to be an end to all these. Once they have accepted, we know that we have to face the criminals. Any other person that is calling himself Boko Haram, we know they are the armed robbers and the political Boko Haram. You have to understand this. Boko in Hausa is “learning in English”, including learning rocket science, medicine, biology, Chemistry, Hausa, Yoruba – anything learnt in English characters. But if you learn rocket science in Arabic, is it Boko too?”

The governor contended that it was wrong to refer to Boko Haram as a religious sect or Islamic sect. Rather, he said, there is a serious need to look at the sect and find out what the agitation was all about. He stressed that neither Islam nor Christianity permits its adherents to kill.

According to him, “I become really worried when I read about mayhem, insecurity and all that in Bauchi. What is all this? I am telling you that the crimes committed in one city in any of these developed countries are more than that committed in Nigeria. Way back in 1999, the budget for security alone was in the region of about $30b. I am telling you that in one city alone…

“If you read the Bible from the beginning to the end, there is nowhere it says go and kill for God. Even the Bible says if you are slapped on the left, you turn the other cheek. What is the justification for the killing of people? Certainly not from the Bible! As for you being a Muslim, you cannot be a Muslim without believing in the Bible. In the Quoran, Jesus is Isah, the son of Mary. You must believe in his mother and believe that he was given birth to by the power of the Holy Spirit. You must believe in the Bible, even though there are minor variations -- that which relates to the crucifixion and the Trinity...

“For any Muslim or Christian who picks up a weapon and says I want to kill, that man is a criminal. He is not a Muslim, he is not a Christian. And the earlier you start preaching this philosophy, the better for all of us. We must find a reason for the killing. It is either poverty, tribal or you look for the reason. It is not religious.”

On the crisis rocking the PDP, Yuguda said that the party would come out stronger and win more states in the 2015 election.

There is no crisis in the party that cannot be resolved, he said.

“PDP is going to win 35 out of the 36 states of the federation come 2015… We are winning in Lagos.”

On the PDP Governors’ Forum, he said: “It is not a crisis. Formation of association is provided for in the constitution. Today, the opposition parties formed an association and they call themselves APC. If PDP governors feel that there are certain things that are exclusive to them as PDP governors, in the PDP manifesto, that they need to discuss and try as much as possible to make sure that they implement the programmes and manifesto, we should do that. But the Governors’ Forum is Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum.

“I had the privilege of going to the annual general meeting of the American Governors’ Forum. PDP has its own interest to unite and discuss our own problems.”

http://leadership.ng/nga/articles/52084/2013/04/15/real_boko_haramll_accept_amnesty_gov_yuguda.html

RESPECT

The government should be ashamed of their selves for numerous reasons

Emperor_007: The North has seen a president to play games with.

When would GEJ grow some balls and take the right decision on Boko Haram?



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so you with grown ballz whats the right decision to take?

We all know that Iman Shekau is the leader of Boko Haram and he has openly rejected and ridiculed the amnesty offer by FG. So is Yuguda trying to say that Shekau is not for real or what? These Politicians take Nigerians for fools I tell u!

Anyone who realizes the ideology of Boko Haram would not for once imagine them accepting amnesty. Ask someone from Borno or Yobe and you'll get an idea of how crazy these guys are....I mean they've totally lost it, all the way!

And i aSk, how many job did he created since assume office as a governor to tackle the issue of joblessness in the north.

Amnesty for me too

If you package amnesty to northern youths just to tackle jobless, what will be the fate of their southern counterpart? Or is there no jobless youths in the south?
Amnesty will divide Nigeria believe it or leave it

SMBH. My heart is 2 heavy to speak. I weep

In order words the northern governors will present people for the amnesty programme and use them to collect funds for elections (and to fight GEJ at the primaries). The fed govt should use the purported amnesty as an opportunity to fish out the sponsors of the political and criminal groups masquerading as Bokites.

cigar icon:
so you with grown ballz whats the right decision to take?

Crush the enemy totally both body and spirit

Mad cows!

We are the ones calling them boko haram. That bearded sh*t of a man who calls himself the leader of the killer squad said their name(s) is/are one loooooonnnng Arabic stuff like that that I don't want to bug my head about. My point is- give boko haram ur amnesty and killing continues since its not the killer squad you've assuaged. And when u ask Yugida whr all has gone to, of course his reply will be Boko Haram . Who is fooling who?

Why do we like changing things,must amnesty be done with monetary rewards?

Sam xiu lee: Why do we like changing things,must amnesty be done with monetary rewards?

Welcome home my brother. Everything in Nigeria has been monetised.