General
Muhammadu Buhari running mate
in the 2011 Presidential Elections, Pastor Tunde Bakare as Vice-Presidential
has said that one of the ways to end terrorism by Islamist militant sect Boko
Haram, is for the federal government to apologise to them.
At a church service in Lagos, Bakare of Latter
Rain Assembly said this while addressing the state of the
nation. He urged the government to apologise to the sect over the murder of
their leader Mohammed Yusuf in 2009.
But for the timely intervention of God, last
week’s assassination attempt on General Muhamadu Buhari might have marked the
beginning of the end for Nigeria if it had succeeded. Meanwhile, We will not
also ignore the fact that at the root of the escalation of the Boko Haram
crisis was oppression and injustice.
The summary execution of the Boko Haram’s
former leader, Mohammed Yusuf in 2009 provided the soil of martyrdom for the
nurture and growth of the sect. Government must declare peace first of all;
apologising for the murder of Mohammed Yusuf to the sect members not their
sympathisers or bandits.”
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