Give Boko Haram What My Husband Gave Your Brothers -- Turai Tells President Jonathan

Former first lady and wife late President Umaru Yar’Adua, Turai, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to forgive the Boko Haram sect as her late husband did to former militants in the Niger Delta.

Turai said Jonathan should totally ignore advise from all those who are saying he should not grant amnesty to the dreaded Islamic sect because of the number of people they have killed.

Speaking in Lagos on Friday during an Award Gala Night organised by Niger Delta Young Professionals, Turai said, “When Yar’Adua saw that the people in the Niger Delta, particularly the children were dying callously, he (Yar’Adua) took it upon himself to grant amnesty to the militants to ensure lasting peace.

She said Northern youths should be empowered by the government. “There is poverty in the North. What Yar’Adua did in the Niger Delta, let Jonathan do the same thing to the North. Mr. President should not allow his advisers to deceive him. Let him sit down and think about the insecurity in the North,” she stressed.