The member representing Jos East and Jos south in the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Bitrus Kaze on saturday bemoaned the refusal of amnesty offered to Boko Haram by the Federal Government. The lawmaker in a press statement said that it is “sickening and ridiculing”.

Hon Kaze said “In my honest view, granting amnesty to remorseless and unrepentant terrorists is the weirdest policy ever contemplated by any government in the history of Nigeria.”

The member representing Jos East and Jos south in the Federal House of Representatives, Honourable Bitrus Kaze on saturday bemoaned the refusal of amnesty offered to Boko Haram by the Federal Government. The lawmaker in a press statement said that it is “sickening and ridiculing”.

Hon Kaze said “In my honest view, granting amnesty to remorseless and unrepentant terrorists is the weirdest policy ever contemplated by any government in the history of Nigeria.”

It will be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan set up a committee to look into amnesty for Boko Haram but the radical group kicked against it saying it doesn’t need amnesty as it has not wronged anyone but that the Government should be the one getting amnesty.

by Henry Johnson

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Granting amnesty to Boko Haram unnecessary – Kaze