Military should crush Boko Haram, says Fani- Kayode

A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, yesterday said the military should be asked to crush Boko Haram members instead of granting them amnesty.

Fani-Kayode, who made this suggestion in a statement in Abuja, said this is a war against terror and it ought to be prosecuted as such.

He said: “The call on the Federal Government by the Sultan of Sokoto to grant Boko Haram amnesty is misplaced and ill-conceived. I am in total agreement with the position adopted by CAN and Mr President on this issue and I am relieved that the call has been rejected.

“The suggestion that a group of people that have slaughtered 4000 Nigerians in cold blood in the space of two years should be granted amnesty is completely untenable and unacceptable.

“It is also dangerous and counter-productive. This is all the more so when the group has no face and has refused to identify itself or its leaders and when it has not entered into a ceasefire or laid down its arms. “No sensible or responsible government can offer amnesty to a group of people that are butchering its citizens at will and whose evil tendencies are unprecedented in the history of our country.”

Fani-Kayode called for outright military action against the sect members.

He added: “You do not grant amnesty to such people. Instead you take off the gloves, remove all sense of restraint and allow the Nigerian military to do their job and crush them.

“This is a war against terror and it ought to be prosecuted as such. The great Kamal Attaturk did the same thing to the terrorists and Islamic fundamentalists that troubled his country Turkey many years ago.”