DON'T GRANT BOKO HARAM AMNESTY-PROPHET ONAOLAPO

Speaking on the intended grant of amnesty to the members of the boko

haram sect, The general overseer of Christ the King Rescue Global

Ministry, Prophet Gabriel Onaolapo, has kicked against calls for

amnesty for members of Boko Haram sect, saying that all other windows

of opportunity for engagement should be explored in the search for

peace.

The cleric who spoke during the 12th Freedom Day Festival with the

theme: 'Freedom that guarantees great revival' at the church's

headquarters, Yewande Junction, Giwa Oke-Aro, Lagos, said: "With the

continued violence unleashed on the nation, one thing is certain: the

ghost of Boko Haram is real and haunts Nigeria with devastating

effect.

"Against the background of these mindless killings, all windows of

opportunity for engagement should be explored in the search for peace.

Amnesty, however, is not such window."

Onaolapo noted that in Nigeria "there is virtually no economy. We are

still not one of the societies with world class electricity supply.

Even in the best of time, the country itself is totally unplanned,

chaotic, lawless, agrarian and an unproductive economy. The quality of

governance that determines peace,security and development has eluded

us."

He called on statesmen such as Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, General

Yakubu Gowon (rtd), Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Chief Emeka Anyaoku General

Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) to

intervene.

"There is no reason these few cannot come together for Nigeria at this

point when it is very clear that the state itself is distressed and

authority has broken down