In the light of recent statements by the FG on this issue, consider this report in MAY, before Dr. Davies revealed any names.

Names of FG Negotiators to Free Chibok Girls Revealed

Contrary to President Goodluck Jonathan’s public stance that the government would not negotiate with terrorists for the release of the 200 plus schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, the federal government has sought the assistance of three independent negotiators to assist with their release in a prisoner-for-girls swap deal.

The government had repeatedly rejected the option of negotiating with the insurgents who had demanded the release of their members detained in federal government facilities in exchange for the abducted schoolgirls.

But THISDAY was reliably informed that the presidency has engaged the services of Messrs Aliyu Teshaku, Ahmad Salkida and an Australian, Steve Davies, to negotiate the release of the girls.

Presidency sources, who spoke exclusively to THISDAY, said Teshaku, of the Tiv ethnic stock in Benue State, was once a Christian but converted to Islam many years ago.

According to the sources, he is believed to have once been an adherent of Boko Haram and was also believed to be its spokesman after Abu Qaqa was captured by security forces, but now only “maintains a close link” with the sect and acts as go-between for the government and the sect.

He is said to have been introduced to the presidency and the Borno State Government by the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar, two years ago as one person who had great influence on the Boko Haram leaders and could open up peace talks with the sect.

But despite the high profile recommendation and introduction of Teshaku, the Borno State Director of the State Security Service (SSS) at the time was said to have expressed reservations over the genuineness of Teshaku’s claims and ability to negotiate a peace deal with the sect.

He was also recently named by the Nigeria Police Force as the Coordinator of the Peace and Reconciliation Committee in the aftermath of the Tiv/Agatu clashes with Fulani herdsmen in Benue State.

Another person, a security source said, that had been approached by the presidency is Salkida, a Nigerian journalist who had worked for Daily Trust and Blue Print, both Abuja-based newspapers.

But Salkida was said to have been sacked from both media organisations, ostensibly for his perceived closeness to the Boko Haram sect, which caused him to compromise his professional handling of news reports in relation to the sect.

Owing to his position, security operatives soon went after him, forcing him to flee to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he has operated from for some time.

He had also made claims of being close to the leadership of Boko Haram.
According to security sources, Salkida was taken recently to see the president at the Presidential Villa, where the modalities on negotiations were discussed.

The Borno-born Salkida was also reported by The Mail of London last Sunday of having been nominated by both the federal government and the insurgents to carry out negotiations for the prisoners-for-schoolgirls swap.

The Mail reported that but for the sudden reversal of the position of the federal government on the prisoner swap deal, the girls would have been released in the week Jonathan attended the security summit in France, as Sakida had begun negotiations with the terrorists on how to secure their freedom.

Described as the group’s (Boko Haram) most-trusted and unbiased go-between with the federal government, Salkida, who is said to be “probably the only civilian with access to Shekau”, has been fingered as one of the independent negotiators for the release of the girls.

The third negotiator approached by the federal government is the Australian-born Davies, who is said to be an experienced hostage negotiator.

Presidency sources said Davies is working in conjunction with Mrs. Aisha Wakil, who had presented herself as a mother figure of Boko Haram adherents and had repeatedly pleaded with them to stop their attacks.

Wakil, who is of Igbo parentage, married a northerner and converted to Islam several years ago.
However, her self-acclaimed closeness to the Boko Haram apparatchik has hardly paid off, as she failed last year to connect the Tanimu Turaki-led peace committee (of which she was a member) to the Boko Haram leadership when the committee went round the country seeking how to dialogue with the insurgents in a bid to end the violence.

That botched attempt made many to doubt her claims of closeness or “maternal influence” to the terrorists.
However, despite the frantic efforts being made by the government to negotiate the release of the girls behind the scenes, security sources have expressed concern over the effectiveness of the said negotiators to reach a deal with Boko Haram, as they are alleged to be pursing their own personal agendas and are more interested in the monetary gains from the swap.

One security source told THISDAY: “The demands for cash has spurred suspicions that the negotiators are merely interested in the monetary gains they can make during negotiations, thus reinforcing the suspicion that they may not actually be as close to Shekau as they claim.”

Also, eyebrows have been raised over the fact that the presidency has failed to involve the Borno State Government in the back door moves to negotiate the release of the girls.

Another security official who spoke to THISDAY said the Borno State Government had been kept out of the loop possibly because the federal government believes that the issue of security is its exclusive prerogative as provided in the constitution.

He however wondered how the federal government hopes to strike a deal with Boko Haram without the local knowledge and insight that could be provided by the Borno State Government.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Alex Badeh, has disclosed that the military has located the whereabouts of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram over a month ago.

However, Badeh also raised the alarm that both external and internal forces were fuelling the insurgency, with the ultimate aim of destabilising the country.

The CDS said this yesterday in Abuja, while addressing a group of protesters – Citizens Initiative for Security Awareness (CISA) – who came to support the efforts of the Nigerian armed forces in its fight against the Boko Haram sect.
He assured the group that the military was determined to salvage the deteriorating security situation and would “bring sanity back into the country”.

“The military already knows the place where the over 200 schoolgirls that were abducted by the sect are being held. But we won’t be disclosing this. The military, however, cannot invade the place in order to prevent collateral damage but the girls would be brought back,” he said.

He added: “People have come to the realisation that we don't have another military other than this one, and it is either you support your military or you look for anarchy. This war is not fought by the military alone, this war is fought by Nigerians. Nigeria is at war and everybody must have all hands on deck.”

While commenting on the recovery of arms and ammunition by the military in various parts of the country, he said: “We are recovering them and you know some of the arms we are recovering, they are very alien to the Nigerian armed forces which means there are people from outside fuelling this thing. When Mr. President said we have Al-Qaeda in West Africa, I believed him 100 per cent.

“Because I know people from outside Nigeria are involved in this war, they are fighting us, they want to destabilise us. This is our country and some people in this country are standing with the forces of darkness. But we must salvage our country. We must bring sanity back to our nation.”

Badeh, however, explained that the fight against insurgency was different from a full-scale war, saying: “If we are fighting an external war, they would have been begging us to withdraw, we proved it when we were in Liberia and Sierra Leone and we returned democracy back there.”

Speaking further on the girls, he said the “good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you. We cannot tell you military secrets here, so just leave us alone to do our work. But we are working to get the girls back.

“We want our girls back, our military can do it, but where they are held, we cannot go there with force. So nobody should say the Nigerian military does not know what it is doing, as we cannot kill our girls in the name of getting them back. So we are working, the president has empowered us to do the work and for anybody castigating the Nigerian military there is something wrong with him.”

The CDS stressed further that the military in Nigeria is the backbone of democracy, adding that it holds the constitution very dear.
Earlier, the Coordinator of the group, Mr. Chidi Omeje, said the group represents the ordinary Nigerians on the street.

“We are not politicians or religious bigots who understand that no nation can stand on his own without a strong military and we appreciate our military,” Omeje said.

He stated that the group was spurred into action due to the media attacks championed by mischievous politicians and some interest groups that have ulterior motives.

“We are trying to tell the leadership of the Nigerian military that ordinary Nigerians are behind them, ordinary Nigerians appreciate them,” he said.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/names-of-fg-negotiators-to-free-chibok-girls-revealed/179499/

Hmmmm ,

Why mention davies when he has already said he wasn't working for the govt and that he went on his own

God bless you Rawani for the exposé.

Isn't it now obvious why many of us always take whatever we hear from this FG with a pinch of salt.

Bunch of shameless liars.

[size=18pt]Hmmm another igbo in the Chibox mix...
for peace abi for financing the chibik kidnapping.
The Gambarinistans are trying very hard to rope Igbos with Boko Haram.


God will defeat all of una in Jesus name[/size]

Rawani:


Mrs. Wakil, self acclaimed mother of Boko Haram, is for all intents and purposes, an Igbo woman. We are beginning to see a pattern here.

OkijaAmaka: [size=18pt]Hmmm another igbo in the Chibox mix...
for peace abi for financing the chibik kidnapping.
The Gambarinistans are trying very hard to rope Igbos with Boko Haram.


God will defeat all of una in Jesus name[/size]

Ibos are involved whether you like It or not. Ihejirika and his loyalists may have been the ones leaking sensitive info to Boko haram.

lol....kasala don bust again...

This FG just can not keep up with their own lies.....smh.

Rawani:


Mrs. Wakil, self acclaimed mother of Boko Haram, is for all intents and purposes, an Igbo woman. We are beginning to see a pattern here.

You mean the Igbo woman declared the consensus Sharia Law across 12 Core Northern States that Bokoharam intends to implement?

You forgot that the year 2000 declaration of the new Calisphate received a thunderous reception amid bloodletting and wanton destruction of properties belonging to the infidels.

Bokoharam is not evil rather they are the Calisphate Military command demanding for full implementation of year 2000 accord signed by the regional block and the proper handover of power by Nigerian Government to the Calisphate.

I am raged by the absence of one handed corrupt politicians of "Bokoharam Calisphate" extraction since year 2000 till date.

You killed our kinsmen to herald Sharia Government and turn around to accuse us of supporting the Calisphate declaration that brought untold hardship to our people living among you.

Logic and reason are now scarce commodity in Nigeria.

So, the OP went to a May 2014 news report to create this thread. You should have also add the June 2014 report, where the government disowned Davis. The truth cannot be spun, no matter how hard you try.

Ngwakwe:

You mean the Igbo woman declared the consensus Sharia Law across 12 Core Northern States that Bokoharam intends to implement?

You forgot that the year 2000 declaration of the new Calisphate received a thunderous reception amid bloodletting and wanton destruction of properties belonging to the infidels.

Bokoharam is not evil rather they are the Calisphate Military command demanding for full implementation of year 2000 accord signed by the regional block and the proper handover of power by Nigerian Government to the Calisphate.

I am raged by the absence of one handed corrupt politicians of "Bokoharam Calisphate" extraction since year 2000 till date.

You killed our kinsmen to herald Sharia Government and turn around to accuse us of supporting the Calisphate declaration that brought untold hardship to our people living among you.

Logic and reason are now scarce commodity in Nigeria.

This makes absolutely zero sense...

I just learnt that Boko Haram has captured Michika in Adamawa this morning. So far, they'v got three towns in Adamawa state:
Madagali
Gulak
Michika

lakpalakpa: God bless you Rawani for the exposé.

Isn't it now obvious why many of us always take whatever we hear from this FG with a pinch of salt.

Bunch of shameless liars.

mumu the federal government has disowned him since june u hypocrites can keep on fooling yourselves thats what ur known for





Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Presidency disowns Australian Boko Haram negotiator
 
THE Presidency has nothing to do with Dr Stephen Davis, the Australian who was reported to be negotiating with Boko Haram insurgents to free the over 200 girls the terrorists abducted in Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14.
This is according to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, who denied government’s knowledge of the negotiation when the Nigerian Tribune sought to confirm the authenticity of the claims made by Dr Davis, published in the United Kingdom-based MailOnline. 
Abati pointed out that the Defence Headquarters had already distanced the military from the purported negotiation, saying that the position of the presidency could not be different from the military because “the military is directly responsible for the operation and takes instructions from the president.”
According to the tabloid, Dr Davis had left his home in Perth to travel to Nigeria, after being recruited by President Goodluck Jonathan for his hostage negotiation expertise and Davis was now desperately trying to free the schoolgirls.
The medium reported that Dr Davis, a friend of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, had been working secretly in Nigeria for almost a month now, quoting the former Canon Emeritus at Coventry Cathedral in the UK, who moved back to Australia last year, to have said “I am encouraged by the progress.”
It added that he was asked to come to Nigeria after previously brokering a truce between violent rebels and the government in the Niger Delta in 2004.
MailOnline said in an email from Nigeria, the doctor revealed he had “ongoing contact” with the groups involved in the kidnapping in the North for seven years, adding that “this is a long process of building trust on both sides.”
The report further quoted him as “there are several groups to deal with, as the girls are held in several camps. This makes any thought of a rescue highly improbable. To attempt to rescue one group would only endanger the others.”
It noted that despite the difficulties of a rescue operation, Dr Davis remained hopeful that the schoolgirls would be freed, quoting him as saying, “everyday, there is the possibility of the release of the girls.”
According to the MailOnline, Dr Davis warned: “we must not endanger their lives any further,” noting that his recent negotiation work has been to forward military position in the North-East in recent days.
Sect has no basis in Islam —OICThe Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has described members of the Boko Haram sect now wreaking havoc in parts of the country as outlaws, whose activities have no basis in Islam.
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Conference, Mr Eyad Ameen Madani, told State House correspondents after leading officials of the conference for a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday, that the organisation condemned the terrorists and expressed its willingness to assist Nigeria in any way to fight terror.
Asked about their mission at the Villa, he said “we are here primarily to listen to His Excellency on his vision about the OIC in the years to come. 
“We are also here to express our solidarity with Nigeria in facing up to this terrorist organisation and to condemn the terrorist acts they have been committing, we are also here to show our condolences to Nigerian people and to the families of those who have been affected. 
“The OIC has already issued statements and we are very clear that these people are outlaws. What they do is criminal acts that have nothing to do with Islam, Islamic teaching, the religion and history of Islam, the culture and civilisation of Islam and we should identify them for what they are, a terrorist group.”
The OIC scribe said the conference would be willing to assist Nigeria morally and ethically and whichever way the country wanted it to intervene. 
“The OIC is not a religious organisation. It is a political organisation made up of 57 member states with each state represented as a government. Nigeria is a member of the OIC as government of Nigeria. But it has to express the concern about the misuse of Islam. That is morally and ethically. 
“We can also be and we are willing to do that, if our brothers here will like us to do that, to organise interfaith dialogue. We feel that there is a lot to be said about the veracity of these claims and to show the many aspects in similarity in living together between not only Christians and Muslims, but between all faiths and convictions,” he said. 
Also speaking, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu Wali, who led them to the Villa, reiterated the OIC’s expression of support and understanding with Nigeria over the current security situation in the country.
He added that it was a demonstration to Nigerians that the Islamic organisation was willing to help the country to overcome its present challenges.
According to the minister, “the fact that the OIC has expressed its position of support and understanding in these areas of our challenges goes to show that they are playing their roles to support any of its members states that have any problem, be it socially or economically, religiously or otherwise.”
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Any reason why we should believe a dishonest and lying government that first claimed they rescued the same girls that they lied and claimed were never kidnapped, a corrupt and incompetent government that reduced our military to mare impotent shadows that can not protect or defend common 3 out of 36 states, a government that gives away our military bases and weapons to terrorists free of charge to slaughter Nigerians with, a government that that's losing our land and territorial integrity to rag tag terrorists every day.

Under this worthless and lying government, we now have 35 instead of 36 states.

This government is no longer in control of Nigeria.

Ngwakwe: [s]

You mean the Igbo woman declared the consensus Sharia Law across 12 Core Northern States that Bokoharam intends to implement?

You forgot that the year 2000 declaration of the new Calisphate received a thunderous reception amid bloodletting and wanton destruction of properties belonging to the infidels.

Bokoharam is not evil rather they are the Calisphate Military command demanding for full implementation of year 2000 accord signed by the regional block and the proper handover of power by Nigerian Government to the Calisphate.

I am raged by the absence of one handed corrupt politicians of "Bokoharam Calisphate" extraction since year 2000 till date.

You killed our kinsmen to herald Sharia Government and turn around to accuse us of supporting the Calisphate declaration that brought untold hardship to our people living among you.

Logic and reason are now scarce commodity in Nigeria.[/s]

You are not making sense at all.
Rawani made his assertions based on the report by THISday newspaper.

arresa:

This makes absolutely zero sense...

I know it wouldn't make sense to you.

I also know you believed Rawani that the Igbo woman he mentioned established and is sustaining Bokoharam hence my rebuttal is inconsequential to you and the like minds.

Mr Logic

That was in May, the presidency disowned him in June, www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator
disowned him again in September http://thenationonlineng.net/new/boko-haram-
fg-denies-hiring-australias-davis-as-negotiator/
and the man himself admitted not working for anyone just Yesterday.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/#sthash.x04BCHDp.dpuf

Shame on APC plebs.

nzeobi: Why mention davies when he has already said he wasn't working for the govt and that he went on his own

but he met with the Federal Government and got approval. Now that the PDP Boko Sponsors are coming to like, you guys want to muscle the man to sleep.

Ngwakwe:

I know it wouldn't make sense to you.

I also know you believed Rawani that the Igbo woman he mentioned established and is sustaining Bokoharam hence my rebuttal is inconsequential to you.

Mr Logic

This of course has nothing to do with tribe so stop tribalizing everything? And that wasn't a rebbutal, it was a senseless and meaningless rant..

Collynzo16: That was in May, the presidency disowned him in June, www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator
disowned him in September again http://thenationonlineng.net/new/boko-haram-
fg-denies-hiring-australias-davis-as-negotiator/
and the man himself admitted not working for anyone just Yesterday.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/#sthash.x04BCHDp.dpuf
Shame on APC plebs.

You expect us to believe the FG that has built an irredeemable reputation of lying?

egift:

but he met with the Federal Government and got approval. Now that the PDP Boko Sponsors are coming to like, you guys want to muscle the man to sleep.

When did he meet with the govt and got your so called approval? Was it in May, June or September?

Collynzo16: That was in May, the presidency disowned him in June, www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator
disowned him again in September http://thenationonlineng.net/new/boko-haram-
fg-denies-hiring-australias-davis-as-negotiator/
and the man himself admitted not working for anyone just Yesterday.

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/#sthash.x04BCHDp.dpuf

Shame on APC plebs.

Dead in arrival... the same government that lied to Nigerians and the world that they rescued the missing girls they didn't even believe were kidnapped in the first place..?

Please, their words means nothing and they are too corrupt, incompetent and dishonest to be take seriously. These worthless jokers can not even protect a bird cage.

arewanationz:

You are not making sense at all.
Rawani made his assertions based on the report by THISday newspaper.

The same mentality that exposed the premiumtimesng and Osun defender to manipulate thisdaylive report and published a revised one with a sensational headline accusing Igbo Businessmen of supplying ammunitions to Bokoharam when the original article has nothing to do with the Igbos.

Trying so hard to involve Igbos in this devil incarnate ideologies and bloodshed.
It won't work, we value the sacredness and sanctity of life.

arresa:

Dead in arrival... the same government that lied to Nigerians and the world that they rescued the missing girls they didn't even believe were kidnapped in the first place..?

Please, their words means nothing and they are too corrupt, incompetent and dishonest to be take seriously. These worthless jokers can not even protect a bird cage.

What about Mr. Davies himself?
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/#sthash.x04BCHDp.dpuf

Igbos have killed Hausa people finish.
The death toll in bama is now close to 14,376.
It is a pity.

Rawani:

Exactly, it is in pursuit of the truth that i provided incontrovertible evidence that Davies was hired by the FG. As at May when the article was published, Dr. Davies had not mentioned any names, so there is no reason for his name to be smuggled into the report. The truth is clear and you know it, why would a government that has acknowledged that there are members of BH within its fold not deny the negotiator when the members are being named?

They also denied hiring him in June when he hadn't mentioned any names.
http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator/6985-presidency-disowns-australian-boko-haram-negotiator

Igbos must be very very powerful if all these guys are claiming is true.

atlwireles:

When did he meet with the govt and got your so called approval? Was it in May, June or September?

^^Are you telling us "He flew into Nigeria, did his business, had top level security meetings, met severally with Boko Haram. Resided in Abuja all those while, left back to Australia after being here for weeks and Jonathan had no clue it happened?"

Story for the gods!

Collynzo16:
What about Mr. Davies himself?
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-saga-negotiator-stephen-davis/#sthash.x04BCHDp.dpuf

I'm not interested in your FG cooked up fake vanguard rubbish, his claims in The cable's comprehensive interview is still their and he's yet to take back his claim regarding the retired general.

This man is not foreign to the Nigerian government, they've been using him for years. Didn't he took care if the ND situation on behalf of your government?