NO NEGOTIATION, NO MERCY FOR BOKO HARAM
Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju
We shall not surrender Northern Nigeria to them beceause the terrorists do not represent the aspirations of Northern Nigerians.
Whether Northern Nigeria remains part of Nigeria or not will not be determined or perhaps even influenced by the activities of Boko Haram.
Boko Haram is a renegade group that represents no one but themselves.
Sundering Northern Nigeria from the rest of Nigeria beceause of Boko Haram is tantamount to selling Northern Nigeria into slavery. Slavery to terrorists who would have won the region through a campaign of murder.
Whether Nigeria remains unified or not will not be determined or even influenced by the activities of the Islamic terrorists. The activities of a renegade group are not equivalent to the aspirations of an entire region.
Whatever may be the connections between Boko Haram and Nigerian politics, the country will not modify its politics beceause of Boko Haram. In the build up to the 2015 elections, the Nigerian government will be fully prepared with the necessary military and counter insurgency personnel and equipment. All parts of Nigeria, particularly Northern Nigeria where Boko Haram is centring its activity, will have troops manning the country to quash any threats of terror before, during and after the elections. Helicopter gunships will patrol the skies watching for any armed insurrections. This situation of full military alert will persist for at least one year. Nigerians should not fear a coup because any coup government can be toppled by civil disobedience. Simply refuse to go to work.
Any effort to negotiate with or meet Boko Haram's demands is tantamount to a living death. Its like a thief threatening to kill you unless you eat shit and if you give in the thief makes you eat shit every day for the rest of your life. That would be the result of negotiating with or giving in to Boko Haram.
If there is to be any extra-political solution to the Boko Haram evil, it has to be by sensitising people to their absolute evil and doing everything possible to protect anti-Boko Haram informants.
The government needs to embark on a sustained, intensive and massive propaganda campaign against Boko Haram.
You cannot negotiate with a person who chooses to slaughter your family beceause he wants to impose his faith on you. The only option is to eliminate that person.
There can be no mercy for Boko Haram. There can be no negotiation with Boko Haram. There can be no surrender to Boko Haram in any manner. There can be no agreement to any demand by Boko Haram.
Left to me, they should all be wiped out to the last person. They are too dangerous to imprison. The only reason to keep any of them alive is so as to find their leaders, leaders who must be tried, and if found guilty, speedily executed for the evil sub-human characters they are.
This is a war where the enemy must know that no mercy will be given.
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