(http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/thumbnail.php?file=Namadi_Sambo_493875442.jpg&size=article_medium) Sambo Vice President Namadi Sambo has asked Boko Haram members to come to the dialogue table with the federal government.
Sambo spoke with reporters shortly after he inaugurated the Almajiri Model Boarding Primary School at Maraban Gwarda in Sabon-Gari, Kaduna State, at the weekend.
Sambo observed that dialogue remained the best option for solving the lingering crises in the country.
He appealed to all Nigerians to embrace peace because it is the bedrock for development.
“I want to use this opportunity to appeal to Nigerians, especially members of Boko Haram to embrace peace.
“Let them come and sit down and dialogue with the Federal Government so that peace can reign in our country.”
The Boko Haram sect has claimed responsibility for most of the suicide bombings in the country.
In Kano yesterday, operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) gunned down four terrorists, suspected to be Boko Haram members in Hotoro quarters during a raid on their hideout.
The raid was reportedly carried out at about 9.30a.m following the alleged shooting of a soldier on the thigh on Saturday night by Boko Haram members.
JTF Spokesman Lt. Ikedichi Iweha said: “Four terrorists were gunned down when JTF operatives raided the terrorists hide out in Hotoro, while some arrests were also made.”
The JTF operation, which he described as successful would be continuous, adding that whenever the task force receives an intelligence report of the activities of the terrorists, they will respond swiftly, so as to demobilise them.
It was gathered that the leader of the sect, including a woman, who allegedly assists the sect members were arrested during the raid.
TheNation