By SIMON EBEGBULEM
FORMER chief whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, has commended the resolve of the Federal Government to dialogue with Boko Haram and urged the sect members to lay down their arms in the interest of peace.
Owie, who declared that the Federal Government's declaration came as a relief to many Nigerians who fear that the nation may be heading to disintegration, expressed his belief that dialogue will bring to an end to the crisis just as it happened during the crisis in the creeks of the Niger Delta.
His words: "I congratulate Jonathan and the Federal Government for choosing to open up once more the option of dialogue with Boko Haram. I have always believed that force won't solve the problem of Boko Haram as love is the only cure for hate. I wish to also appeal to the Boko Haram to go back to the negotiating table and state their case."
Vanguard Nigeria