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I Know Who Can End Boko
Haram Menace, Says Sani
Alleges Saboteurs Within
Jonathan Administration


IF claims by the leader of the
Northern Civil Society Coalition,
Mallam Shehu Sani are anything
to go by, it may take only a
phone call from the Presidency
to put an end to the Boko Haram
menace ravaging the North.
According to Sani, if President
Jonathan calls him today, he
would give him the name and
contact of one person whose
intervention will lead to a
successful dialogue with the
militant sect.

Sani who spoke in an interview
with The Guardian during the
week, insisted that indeed, the
person in question is somebody
also known to the president.

¦ I have repeatedly said that if
President Jonathan can make a
phone call to me today and ask
me of one person who can solve
the problem, I will give him the
name of the person.

And apart
from the person, I dont see the
possibility of any other person
whom the group can trust, the
activist declared.

Sani also indicted some elements
in the Jonathan government
over the failure of past attempts
at dialogue, saying these
persons may have been
sabotaging such efforts either in
the mistaking belief that force
can solve the problem or
because they are deriving some
pecuniary gains from the
situation.

Boko Haram has agreed to a
term of ceasefire, has agreed to
dialogue, but has consistently
been undermined by elements
within the government who
either choose to do so on the
grounds that they believe the
use of force can end the group
or are sabotaging dialogue
because they believe they are
profiting from the system as it
is.

Before now, I used to think that
Boko Haram was completely
opposed to peace or ceasefire,
but in the few occasions that I
have been involved in seeking a
way out of this problem, I have
seen that much of the sabotage
came from the side of the
government, he said
Confirming reports that he
facilitated former President
Obasanjos meeting with the
family of a member of the Boko
Haram sect sometime ago, Sani
insisted that if the Federal
Government showed sincere,
dialogue could sooner than later
end the activities of the militant
sect.

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