‘TREAT BOKO HARAM LIKE NIGER DELTA MILITANTS’

The killings and destruction of the Boko Haram insurgency in the north are similar to the Niger Delta militants in the south-south, the Emir of Zuru and   chairman of Zuru Emirate Council Muhammadu Sani Sami has said.

The emir said this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Aminu Ladan Zuru, in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday.

“Boko Haram has common similarity with the Niger Delta militants which has also destroyed the economy of this country on a large scale and many innocent lives were lost.
“The late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua decided to grant them amnesty in spite of opposition from various quarters, the moment the amnesty became a reality, the Niger Delta militants emerged and showed interest to give up their fight for an amicable settlement,” he said.
The emir urged the Federal Government to look into the issue with a view to tempering justice with mercy and not to mind the few who, according to him are making money out of the crisis.

Source: Daily Trust