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Senate President David Mark has said the federal government will not swap the kidnapped Chibok girls for criminals.
Speaking against the backdrop of demands by Boko Haram to swap the abducted Chibok girls with their members in detention, he said the government will not will not yield to blackmail.
Mark who was in Ikom local government area of Cross River State at the weekend to witness an empowerment programme by Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba said the government will not negotiate with criminals.
His words, “This government will not negotiate with criminals. And this government will not exchange people for criminals. A criminal will be treated like a criminal and this government in no distant time will bring the issue of Boko Haram and insecurity in this country to a logical conclusion.
“We would spare no efforts at all in bringing the insecurity situation in the northern part of this country to a logical conclusion. We would mobilize all our resources. If people declare war on us, we would also declare war on them. The government was ready for peace, but obviously, the Boko Haram people and their supporters were not ready and we are going to deal with them in a manner that people deal with terrorists and insurgents.
“It is not by negotiation. If the language they will understand is the language of force, the government has got all the resources to do that, ” he said.
Source: The Nation
