File: A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Boko Haram released a new video on claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed. A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, which has a sizeable Christian community. Some 223 are still missing.
By Jimitota Onoyume
PORT HARCOURT— President Goodluck Jonathan has been told to ignore pressure to negotiate with the Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
The former Secretary, Rivers State Government, Mr. Gabriel Pidomson, who spoke to newsmen in Port Harcourt, said the Federal Government should continue to explore the twin approach of job creation and education programmes for youths in the North as enduring solution to the activities of the sect.
Pidomson, who said insecurity was largely promoted by illiteracy, called on President Jonathan to run for a second term.
He said: “Boko Haram members must be engaged. This does not mean that they should be negotiated with.
“One way of tackling insecurity in the country is by providing good gover-nance the way the Presi-dent is doing presently.”
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