We’re ready to forgive, rehabilitate Boko Haram members — Buhari

President Buhari with the abducted girls

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Nigerian government is ready to accept the “unconditional laying down of arms by any member of the Boko Haram group who shows strong commitment in that regard”.

The president, who was speaking when he received the released Dapchi schoolgirls at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday, also said efforts were being made to secure the release of every abducted citizen in Nigeria.


“We are ready to rehabilitate and integrate such repentant members into the larger society. This country has suffered enough of hostility,” he said.

Mr. Buhari also said his administration is “therefore appealing to all to embrace peace for the overall development of our people and the country”.

The president however warned against “those elements who have chosen to make political fortune of citizens’ misfortune”.

“Government would not tolerate any attempt by any person or group to trivialise or politicise security issues for politically motivated ends,” he said.

“Accordingly, security agencies would not hesitate to decisively deal with such unscrupulous characters,” he said.

Source: Premium Times.