President of the Supreme Council of Sharia in Nigeria, Dr. Datti Ahmed and civil rights activist Shehu Sanni have both pulled out of the Boko Haram Anesty Committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan.
While Sanni, the president of Kaduna-based Civil Rights Congress (CRC) pulled out because he claimed he was not personally informed about his inclusion in the committee, Dr. Ahmed, a renowned Medical Doctor has not made his reasons public.
President Goodluck Jonathan had on wednesday constituted a fresh body, the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, in his bid to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
The 26- member Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North is saddled with the responsibility of engaging members of Boko Haram in dialogue and designing a framework for resolving the violence precipitated by them.
The terms of reference of the committee headed by the Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki, include developing a framework for the granting of amnesty; designing another (framework) through which
disarmament could take place within 60 days; developing a comprehensive victims’ support programme, and designing mechanisms to address the underlying causes of insurgencies that will help to prevent future occurrences.