Mr James Erebuoye, a Europe-based Human
Rights and Anti-Corruption Activist, on Sunday
advised Northern Elders to stop using Boko Haram
to blackmail President Good luck Jonathan.
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Erebuoye, who gave the advice in an interview in
Abuja, however, stressed the need to bring the
insurgency in the north to an end.
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He blamed the insurgency on the inability of the
Elder Statesmen who had led the country in the
past to economically empower the youth.
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The activist said the situation had made many of
the youth to become instruments for perpetrating
violence.
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Erebuoye decried the incessant loss of lives and
property in the region, noting that this had
depleted human resources on a daily basis.
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According to him, the only solution to the
insurgency is to engage the Elders in an intensive
dialogue and compel them "to call their boys to
order."
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He said the idea of giving amnesty to Book Haram
was not the best solution, and advised government
not to make amnesty as a business for some
politicians.