On October 19, I blogged about the end of Boko Haram. Click to revisit the post
here. A copy of Thursday's Wall Street Journal reads
'Alleged Member of Nigeria Sect Offers Peace Talks.'
The radical Islamist sect Boko Haram set conditions Thursday for peace
talks with Nigeria's government, asking that negotiations to end its
bloody guerrilla fight be held outside of the nation, possibly Saudi Arabia and that a former
military ruler Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) be involved as the negotiator.
According to the Wall Street Journal
, the demands came during a telephone conference call with local
journalists in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The man, who identified himself as Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz, said
the peace talks must be held in Saudi Arabia and involve former Buhari. The man said those were conditions set by
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram's leader.
"We are not actually challenging the state, as people are saying, but
the security (forces) who are killing our members, children and wives,"
the man said in the call. "We are highly offended but if this
government is sincere, everything (the attacks) will come to an end. We
want to dialogue but government must show sincerity in its handling of
the situation."
The man also said that authorities also must arrest former Borno
state Gov. Ali Modu Sheriff as a precondition for talks, as well as
compensate sect members whose family members have been killed.
Imprisoned sect members also must be immediately released, the man said.
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