The Federal Government has been tasked to pull all stops, put its security operatives on their toes and fish out the sponsors of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, for prosecution.
A cross section of lawyers gave the charge yesterday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on the security challenges facing the nation as a result of the sect’s activities.
The lawyers, however, called for proper and thorough investigations in order not to punish innocent people, while describing Obasanjo’s visit to Boko Haram leader’s family as a wise decision.
According to one of the lawyers, Mr Ibrahim Abolusodun, critical investigations should be carried out to know the real sponsors because certain pronouncements from some aggrieved people gave the impression that they had a? hand in the crime.
Abolusodun said that ‘’ through painstaking investigations, the real sponsors would be known and the law should take its course on them“.
“Islamic religion, which the sect members are claiming to belong to, is a religion of peace that did not not allow killing, so anyone hiding under the religion to perpetrate, perpetuate or sponsor criminal activities should be made to pay the price, “he said.
Another lawyer, Mr Amechi Ugwu, called on government to act fast on the issue of Boko Haram and nip the activities of the sect in the bud before it degenerated to what is happening in the Middle East.
Ugwu noted that mere arraignment of suspected bombers or hoodlums would not end the crisis but the arrest of the god fathers and sponsors of the fundamentalists would.
He also called for the immediate amendment of the 1999 Constitution to provide capital punishment for terrorism, so as to serve as a deterrent.
He commended former President Olusegun Obasanjo for his visit to the family of the slain leader of Boko Haram sect and observed that the move was to end the spate of bombings by the sect.
He called on other past leaders across the country to rally round Obasanjo in his bid to find a solution to the problem created by Boko Haram sect.
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