Boko Haram members don’t deserve pity, says FG

Considering the spate of attacks by Boko Haram in the North East, the Federal Government on Thursday said the terrorist group deserved no pity from the international community.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Aminu Wali, stated this in Abuja while responding to a remarks by a delegation from Denmark, led by a member of parliament, Mrs. Gjerskov Mette.
He said, “As far as security issue is concerned, Nigeria is very concerned not only in the region but internationally. When you see what is happening with Boko haram, where a group of rogues will move into a school with kids sleeping, go in and slaughter them, I don’t think anyone in this world will insist on implementing human rights. I will certainly go against that.”
The Boko Haram sect on Tuesday last week attacked Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State, killing no fewer than 30 students.

Due to the growing attacks on schools, the Federal Government on Wednesday shut five Federal Unity Schools in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.
Wali said, “For any human being to go and do that kind of thing, what kind of human rights are we talking about. I don’t think those kind of people are qualified. The kind of situation we see happening in our country is such that has never happened before”.
Judging by the manner suspected Boko Haram members had been prosecuted in accordance with law which presumed them innocent until proved otherwise, the new minister said Nigeria had been tolerant with the group.
“There is no extra judicial killing of extremists except in the field of combat.”
Wali, who said no country enjoyed freedom of speech more than Nigeria, said the country would resist pressure from the West to allow same-sex marriage.
President Goodluck Jonathan on January 7 assented to the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013, which criminalises homo-sexual in the country.
On January 14 when it became public that the President had signed the bill into law, the United States, Canada and the European Union openly expressed concern over the law.
The U.S Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield at an inte3rview with African journalists, vowed that her country would press Nigeria to reverse the anti-gay law.

But the new minister maintained that the notion contradicted the beliefs, culture and ways of Nigerians.