The umbrella body for Muslims in the North, the Jama’atul Nasril Islam, has faulted the position of the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejiafor, that government should not engage dreaded sect, Boko Haram, in dialogue.
The group said in a statement in Kaduna on Wednesday, that dialogue remains the best option out of the Boko Haram mence.
In the statement signed by the spokesman and acting Administrative Secretary of JNI, Umar Zaria, the group said: “The JNI does not know what the President of CAN intends to achieve by saying that he is against the Federal Government talking with Boko Haram.
“Whatever his reason might be, it should be made public for it takes a masquerade to know another.
“For indeed, after the Miya Barkatai foiled attempt to bomb a church in Bauchi State, aren’t we been witnessing the return of peace and security.
“Is he not interested?
“In the light of which I strongly disagree with his assertions, particularly at a time that tension is gradually going down over security upheavals.
“May I at this juncture call on Oritsejiafor to tell the world the 26 different groups said to be the Boko Haram?
“Also it is imperative that the CAN President reveals to the nation his motives of not wanting the Federal Government to dialogue with Boko Haram.
“It seems he prefers the state of violence and anarchy the nation is going through.”