Piqued by the huge number of victims of various insurgency attacks across the North, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, has pointedly said that victims will not be compensated.
According to Turaki, only families of security personnel who lost their lives to Boko Haram attacks will be adequately compensated.
The Islamist sect, Boko Haram, had in the last two years claimed responsibilities for series of deadly attacks that occurred across the North, including Abuja.
Turaki disclosed this on Sunday while addressing Muslim leaders at the National Conference on the Role of Muslim Scholars, organised by the Jama’atul Nasril Islam in Kaduna, Kaduna State.
The chairman, who is the Minister of Special Duties, was with other members of the committee.
Also in attendance was the Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the JNI, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar lll, among other prominent religious leaders.
Turaki’s words: “Government will not have the capacity to give compensation because of the number of victims involved in the insurgency incidents.
“Government cannot pay compensation but it will support victims.
“It will compensate military personnel that were affected by this insurgency.”
Turaki however enjoined members of the sect to embrace dialogue so that peace and tranquility could be restored in earnest to the troubled areas in particular and the North in general.
Turaki spoke further: “How do you compensate somebody who has lost family members?
“How much will you compensate him with when he is battling with the psychological effect of the incidents?
“So, we beg for prayers because there is no evil that prayer cannot solve.
“No matter the ideology of Boko Haram, it is twisted towards Islam.
“It is very unfortunate.
“We therefore want this conference to examine the immediate and remote causes of the growing insurgency in the region.
“So far, we have had robust discussions with Muslim leaders, government officials, traditional rulers and clerics.
“We pray this conference will call on them to come out and embrace dialogue.
“If you are using the name of the Prophet, then there is room for dialogue.
“It is respectful to come and dialogue.
“We are all ready for dialogue.
“Even wars in other countries of the world, and coming back home, the Biafra/Nigeria civil war, provided an opportunity for dialogue because it is not war that brings peace, but dialogue.
“So, let them give peace a chance and let them embrace dialogue.”
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