The Governor of Borno state has joined other Northern leaders to urged Buhari to grant the Boko Haram insurgents, amnesty.
Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno State, on Friday at his swearing-in ceremony has urged the President, Muhammadu Buhari to offer amnesty to the Boko Haram.
He believes they are ready to de-radicalise.
“Unless we want to engage in an endless war of attrition that will be hallmarked by the continuing destruction of lives and property, it becomes imperative that willing members of the Boko Haram sect that want to come out of the bush must be given the opportunity to be de-radicalized and then rehabilitated to become useful citizens of society,”
“It is never easy to accept back into the community, those who have taken up arms, killed, pillaged, raped and destroyed. But in the long run, society must make very expensive choices for peace, reconciliation and development. We are therefore appealing to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Community to assist our endeavour in that regard.”
He also said his new administration would build the state's devastated communities among other things.