Atiku Abubakar. PDP's Presidential Candidate. |
Atiku
Abubakar notes the patriotic and commonsensical call by the Borno Elders Forum,
on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the practice of releasing so called
repentant Boko Haram members.
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party fully aligns with this call and feels vindicated because twice in 2018, he gave precisely this counsel to the President, which he did not heed.
It makes no military or
practical sense to release hardened terrorists, who have taken the very
precious lives of members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, on the flimsy excuse
that they have been deradicalised or repentant.
As Atiku Abubakar said last year, and
says again, any right thinking person can see that escalation of the war on
Nigeria by Boko Haram/ISWAP, coincides with the introduction of this repugnant
policy by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Abubakar urges President Muhammadu Buhari to cast his mind back to the testimony of Abba Umar, a Boko Haram commander who after his arrest, boasted that he would return to join the sect in Sambisa if he was ever released.
Atiku Abubakar therefore advises
President Buhari to show single minded resolve and commitment to defeating the
common enemies of our nation and to do so without betraying any weakness, as
this will only embolden the terrorists.
The PDP Presidential
candidate commends the Borno Elders Forum and urges other bodies of elders to
learn from their sagacious courage to speak the truth to power.
Finally, Atiku Abubakar serves notice to
Boko Haram/ISWAP that if he is elected President of Nigeria, there will be no
release of any captured terrorist. Instead, they must expect the harshest
punishment the law allows. Under Atiku Abubakar, criminals will not profit from
their criminality.
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