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“Drop your arms and embrace dialogue”. With these words, the Federal Government restated its willingness to engage in talks with the Islamist group, Boko Haram, to end the spate of bombings, gun attacks and killings in some parts of the North.
The vice president, Architect Mohammed Namadi Sambo, conveyed government’s message, yesterday.
Sambo, who tactically refused mentioning the name, “Boko Haram”, while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2nd edition of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ‘Air Exposition 2012’ at NAF Base, Kaduna, to mark the 48th anniversary of the force, implored the ‘group’ to use the window of opportunity provided by the Federal Government to embrace the call for a negotiated end to the Islamist insurgency.
His words, “I must say that we are leaving no stone unturned at ensuring the safety of lives and properties of all Nigerians and our visitors by subduing the current security challenges we are facing. We are still calling on the group to take our offer for dialogue in the interest of peace and development of our country”.
The Vice President made it clear that, though government is exploring all the options in search for peace in every part of the country, including dialogue, government has also put the military in a prepared state, and, in conjunction with other security agencies, to enforce and maintain security across the country.
Culled from Vanguard Nigeria.
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