CLO commends FG for not negotiating with Boko Haram.

The Civil Liberties Organisation, has said the Federal Government’s decision not to negotiate with the Boko Haram sect was the best option for the nation.
The Federal Government, had said it did not set up the Presidential Committee on Security Challenges in the North-East Zone to negotiate with the Boko Haram sect.
Secretary to the Federal Government Anyim Pius Anyim, who made the clarification in Abuja, said the panel was a fact-finding panel to identify the group he described as faceless.
Anyim, at the inauguration of an eight-man presidential committee, said it would not be ripe for the government to negotiate with a group which identity was unknown.
Lagos State Chairman of the Organisation, Ehi Omokhuale, told newsmen in Lagos that there was no justification in negotiating with a group that had killed hundreds of Nigerians.
Those calling for negotiation are doing the nation a great wrong because there is no basis for such negotiations,’’ he said.
According to him, the Boko Haram sect and its members should be treated the way America treated Osama Bin Laden and his terrorist group.
He said the military was the best option to tackle Boko Haram rather than embarking on negotiation, adding that the military had all it takes to do so.
Omokhuale commended the setting up of the committee and urged it to critically look into the nation’s internal security system.
Members of the committee headed by Amb. Usman Galtimari comprised the Minister of Defence, Bello Mohammed and the Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Bala Mohammed.
Others are the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, Mohammed Ndume,Joe Gadzama, (SAN), and retired Col. Musa Shehu.