President- General of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Worldwide supports Amnesty for Boko Haram

Boko HaramOhanaeze Ndi-Igbo Worldwide, a pan Igbo social group has backed the call for amnesty for the dreaded Boko Haram sect. This is as the President- General of the group, Chief Gary Nnachi, has joined the long list of other Nigerians calling on the Federal Government to grant amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect, so long as it will restore peace back to the nation.

Nnachi, who was in Kano in company of top notch members of the Pan Igbo social group to build confidence among the Igbos residing in the volatile region following the recent bomb attack on Luxurious Bus Park, noted that “peace is the only thing that will guaranteed development and wellbeing of the Nigerian citizenry and federal government should be in the vanguard of ensuring that peace is maintained. Therefore the government should do whatever it takes, including giving amnesty to the Boko Haram members if they will lay down their Arms and leave peacefully with everybody’.

He also stressed that “Nigeria is a country for everybody, be it Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa or any other Tribe, we don’t have any other place than this our beloved nation and its time we stopped deceiving ourselves and live peacefully with one another, and the freedom of movement, right to live and ownership should also be guaranteed”

Chief Gary Nnachi added that, “Nigeria is at a cross road, and there has never been a time when the country need everybody to fully participate than now in the development and peaceful coexistence of the nation, as such, government should use the opportunity to make sure that such chances are not been neglected”.