For the umpteenth time, the Federal Government is mulling amnesty for members of Boko Haram. The latest pronouncement came from President Mohammed Buhari during a visit to Dapchi, Yobe state to commiserate with the parents of the abducted Science Secondary School students (that was weeks before their release). Nigerian Army Director Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu also reiterated the call to Boko Harm to cease hostilities, surrender their arms in exchange for amnesty.
President Buhari had justified granting amnesty to Boko Haram even before he became president in 2015.
During a visit to Chief HOD Awolowo in Ikenne on April 12, 2013 to commiserate with her on the death of her son Mr. Oluwole Awolowo, Buhari then a presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) still smarting from his defeat in the 2011 general elections said: “This is not the first time amnesty