How President Jonathan was misled about Boko Haram Below is the academic proposition by some scholars in the US to the Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. The letter was copied to Ambassador Johnnie Carson, then Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs. Their argument, put forward in strong terms, is that the Jamaatu Ahlil Sunna Lidawati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, should not be slammed with the designation of a FOREIGN TERROR ORGANISATION, FTO. Dated Monday, May 21, 2012, the position of the scholars is frowned at by the leaders of Nigeria’s Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN. Yet, their forceful case against the designation appears to have cut ice with the State Department. Curiously, the scholars throw in the bait of ‘persuasion’ as opposed to the long-held American position of non-negotiation’ with terrorists: “Should Boko Haram be designated an FTO through this regime, it would be illegal for non-governmental organizations to interact with members of Boko Haram – even if the purpose of such contact was to persuade them to renounce violence”, they said. It was this letter that the Nigerian government, in 2012, appeared to have bought into and, therefore, was not interested in making a very forceful case for the designation of Boko Haram as an FTO. Their proposition was veiled as an altruistic doctrine meant to engender a process that may help solve the problem but in truth, it was a ruse. Today, the rest, as they say, is history, especially in the opaque light of the wanton destruction of lives and property by the self-same insurgents The letter is reproduced below: Read more here: vanguardngr/2014/07/president-jonathan-misled-boko-haram/
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 09:20:09 +0000
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