FG Asked To Prosecute Boko Haram Sponsors

The ongoing National Conference has asked the Federal Government to prosecute sponsors of the members of the radical Islamist sect- Boko Haram.

Abubakar Shekau and Boko Haram

Abubakar Shekau and Boko Haram

The call followed the unanimous adoption of the Gaji Galmatiri-led Committee report which called for the prosecution of some politicians, especially in Borno State, who had ties with the sect.

The delegates urgent request to the federal government to quickly implement the report was sequel to a motion sponsored by a delegate representing the media, Isha’q Modibbo Kawu, and 19 other delegates, who expressed their displeasure with terrorist activities as well as their sponsors.

Femi Falana, SAN, who is also a delegate lauded the Galmatiri report for covering a lot of issues regarding insurgency, and reiterated the need for its implementation.

Mike Ozekhome, a Constitutional lawyer and a Federal Government delegate at the conference, recalled that he had earlier harped on the worsening security challenges in the country. He said the conference should urge President Goodluck Jonathan to direct all security agencies to arrest the seeming balkanising of the country.

Similarly, Wale Okunniyi, another delegate called on the delegates to amend the motion, noting that “Nigeria is at war”. He also alleged that the current insecurity bedeviling the country is beyond security matter and urged the conference to set up a committee to tackle the matter politically.

“This is beyond a security matter, it is a political matter,” he said.

Meanwhile, It would be recalled that the former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, had been indicted as the main man behind the emergence of the Boko-Haram sect in 2003. Following the facts that were made available, the former governor allegedly employed the services of Boko Haram sect mainly for the purposes of election and other political rackets.

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