The Nigeria Government is reportedly ready to open the door for the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
Reports say the government has declared that it is ready to negotiate with Boko Haram that has been on a killing spree since the group was founded saying its fighting for what it calls an Islamic caliphate.
The reports come after a spate of attacks by Boko Haram an an allegiance to the Syria’s Islamic state.
The group has recently been using young girls as suicide bombers also committing atrocities against communities that live close to where the group is in hiding.
Reports say the Nigeria’s new president Muhammadu Buhari is looking for a way out of confrontation with Boko Haram.
President Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, has however cautioned that the government will not be negotiating with Boko Haram from a point of weakness.
But as the talk about negotiations go on and continues to elicit reactions from Nigerians, suicide bombers killed around 30 people in two blasts in northern Nigeria on Tuesday.
Witnesses and a state governor said, the latest attacks in a renewed offensive by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Some residents of Borno State have cautioned the federal government against rushing into dialogue with the Boko Haram terrorists as a way of ending their violent campaign.
Many people want the government to concentrate on military action against the insurgents rather than have talks with the group.
Sheikh Musa Usman, a Maiduguri-based Islamic scholar, advised government to equip the military with the necessary weapons to face the insurgents rather than considering the dialogue option.
