PRESIDENCY DENIES OFFERING AMNESTY TO BOKO HARAM

The Presidency has denied any intention by president Goodluck Jonathan to declare amnesty for the Boko haram sect as was earlier speculated by the MEDIA. The special adviser to Mr President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, made this known while addressing the state house correspondents, he said the president did not mention the word "AMNESTY" for the group. 

The Presidency rather reiterated its stand as saying that those who are willing to renounce terrorism should do so through the presidential fact finding committee, that opportunities have been created for them to do so peacefully. Reuben Abati is stated as saying;

He said, “Let me refer you to the speech by the President. If you read the speech line-by-line, you will see that it contains the very message that the President wanted to put across. “In that speech, if you look at, it I don’t think the President used amnesty. Instead he spoke about those who are willing to renounce terrorism and those who are willing to embrace peace. “Opportunities have been created for them through the Fact-finding Committee and through the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolutions of Conflict in the North Eastern part of Nigeria. So I will refer you basically to the speech by the President.”