KASHIM SHETTIMA ON BOKO HARAM: MAKE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL

The governor of Nigeria’s Borno State, Kashim Shettima  on Thursday while answering question about  the where  about of 300 schoolgirls  that were kidnapped, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour  that the government should negotiate with Boko Haram – make a deal “with the devil” – if it means bringing the girls back.

 “The issue of not negotiation, of not negotiating with the terrorists – it’s out of the question,” Kashim Shettima said. “If it means talking to the devil, it means the devil can come down, we can get back our girls.”

Shettima who described Boko Haram group as “a bunch of raving lunatics,” also dropped bombshell that the Federal government were playing politics with  the lives of 300 Nigerians girls , looking for  scapegoats instead of acting in time.

However, a month has passed since the girls were kidnapped, and the Nigerian government has been accused of not acting swiftly or efficiently enough to protect villages in the region threatened by Boko Haram.

Sharon Ikeazor, a member of Nigeria’s opposition, told Amanpour that “most of the girls in school had their cell phones” when they were kidnapped, and that some of them actually ‘contacted their parents,” That is to say , “ they knew when the attack was happening, and the villagers around had reported to the military.”She added that ‘the government could have saved those girls’’

Whatever be the case, we urge the Jonathan government to bring back our girls. Period.