Nigeria’s Government Is Negotiating A Ceasefire With Boko Haram

this is the first time in years the authorities has said it’s miles speaking to boko haram about a ceasefire in an insurgency that has killed heaps of human beings given that 2009
it seems that the nigerian authorities is bored with engaging in unrelenting hostilities in opposition to reduce-throat islamic terrorist, boko haram.

so, it’s far now seeking to negotiate a probable ceasefire with the terrorist group.

information minister, lai mohammed stated on sunday that the government is already in talks with the set to quit preventing once and for all.

satirically, that is coming months after the authorities again and again claimed it has ‘technically’ defeated boko haram.

that is, however, the primary time in years the authorities has stated it’s far talking to boko haram about a ceasefire in an insurgency that has killed tens of heaps of humans when you consider that 2009.

“unknown to many, we had been in wider cessation-of-hostility talks with the insurgents for a while now,” stated lai mohammed in an emailed assertion outlining the background to the discharge of extra than 100 schoolgirls freed last week via the organization.

mohammed said every week-lengthy ceasefire, starting on march 19, were agreed to enable the institution to drop off the girls.

mohammed additionally disclosed that 111 girls have been taken from the school – one extra than formerly concept – and six remained unaccounted for.

“we had been able to leverage on the wider talks when the dapchi women have been kidnapped. the closing purpose is the permanent cessation of hostilities,” mohammed later informed reuters on cellphone.

 

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