National Conference: Boko Haram should be invited

Professor Timothy Uzodinma Nwala, a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Nasarawa State University and a delegate to the 1994/1995 Constitutional Conference where he was a member of the Political Structure and Framework of the constitution Committee; and Constitution Drafting Committee, has disclosed that the delegates' list to the ongoing National Conference is not complete without representatives of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram.

Hear him: The Boko Haram is a very formidable force and we have to contend with that and if we are having a conference, they should be there. And the only way I think they should be there is to say everybody should come and let us decide if we should live together or not. Everybody should be there.

How can you talk about the country without Boko Haram forces that are maiming and killing people all over the place? And I heard that the international community is recognizing that there is some sense of civil war.

So what I am saying is that, it should have been good if Boko Haram people were invited to discuss the stability of the country. And if they come and maintain their interest and the rest of the country is saying we stay together, then they will be a minority and that moment alone will also strengthen the solidarity of the rest against Boko Haram because  Boko Haram is an ideological and military force.
The ideological part of it is that the people themselves have to be sufficiently roused that this is our common enemy.


DO YOU AGREE WITH HIM?