Nigeria: Amnesty Not for 'Ghosts'

12 March 2013

Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan dismissed calls for Amnesty for Boko Haram. His stance could change the tenor of the anti-terror war, writes Seriki Adinoyi

President Goodluck Jonathan, in Damaturu, Yobe State, situated the clamour for amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect in context when he dismissed a blanket extension of grace called Boko Haram. Except they come out to identify themselves, he noted that amnesty might be impossible.

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