Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has asked the Muhammadu Buhari-led government to dialogue with Boko Haram insurgents, bandits and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
He stated that dialogue is the only way to stop the insecurity experienced in the country and not offensive attacks by the Nigerian military.
In a Facebook post, Garba pointed out that insurgency is motivated by a desire for justice or economic survival, asking the federal government to find another way to fight the war against terrorism, according to SurgeZirc NG report.
“To those who said that negotiations with Boko Haram, Bandits and IPOB is not possible, we should keep bombing and keep losing lives, I say this to you: Where are ISIS in the Levant today? What of Nusra Front, Haqqani Network, Al Qa’ida, Alshabab, AQIM, Ansar Dine, Irish Republican Army etc? What of the Afghan Taliban?
“Ask Russia and Turkey how to they handled ISIS, ask Qataris, Saudis and Pakistanis how they managed to disappear Nusra Front, Qaida and Haqqanis, how did France deal with Ansar and AQIM in Africa, how did Britain ends and contained the IRA or why the American super weapons ended up running away from the untrained, uneducated and ill-organized Afghan Taliban.
“Everything ended up on a negotiation table. The truth is, all insurgencies from history are motivated by two things: desire for justice or economic survival. Nigeria’s case is not an exception.
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“We cannot continue to throw bombs in our backyard, to our neighbors, fellow citizens and fellow countrymen and women and believe we are making any progress. This is the clean principle of self-destruction. This is illogical to the modern state governance in the 21st century. It cannot take us anywhere. We must find other means.
“Since the inception of the crisis in 2009, Nigeria burnt $44Bn to kill its fellow citizens and destroy its infrastructure to fight an enemy that simple listening and conversation can solve.
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“That amount, the $44bn can dredge River Niger and Benue through the deltas of Anambra and Imo, Build superhighway from Maiduguri to Calabar through Mubi, Yola Jalingo, Wukari, Zaki Biam, Vandekya, Ikom and Ugep, Link Kano, Sokoto, Kebbi to Badagry, through Borgu, in Niger State, and lay gas pipeline and fibre cables from Niger Delta and Lagos to Abuja and Kaduna upward to the hinterland respectively.
“All these burnt away in trying to fight ourselves. That is needless to say that most of these monies we’re either stolen, shared or disappear into the thin air,” Garba wrote.
