The Nigerian government has said that it in talks with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram for a possible ceasefire deal.
Nigeria’s information minister said on Sunday that the aim of these talks would be to ensure the permanent end to hostilities and securing the safety of citizens.
“Unknown to many, we have been in wider cessation-of-hostility talks with the insurgents for some time now,” Information Minister Lai Mohammed said in a statement.
President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration last week secured the release of some schoolgirls abducted by the militants from Dapchi in February.
The success of that engagement with the militants gives the Nigerian government the hope of securing a deal that ends the group’s insurgency.
“We were able to leverage on the wider talks when the Dapchi girls were abducted,” Mohammed said in the statement.
President Buhari’s government has always said it is willing to hold talks with the group.
Millions have been displaced due to the activities of Boko Haram with thousands also dead in several attacks carried out by the group since 2009.
Source: Africafeeds.com
