Some Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA) legislators on Tuesday threw their support behind calls for dialogue with the Boko Haram sect.
In separate interviews with the newsmen in Lagos, the lawmakers said if dialogue would ensure security of the country, the approach should be employed.
Mr Segun Olulade, Chairman, Committee on Information, said if dialoguing with the sect would bring peace to the nation, Nigerians should not hesitate to do so for the sake of innocent people being murdered daily.
“This issue of Boko-Haram is beyond political or religious crises, it is a global challenge we have to come together to put an end to,” he said.
The lawmaker said it was a collective responsibility of everyone to play a vital role in resolving the security problem of the country.
He added that if the condition and the option given for the dialogue with the members of the Boko-Haram sect would be comfortable to Nigerians, it would be a welcome idea.
“We must make an approach to solve the problem and I think this is one of them, to bring a solution to the menace of the Boko-Haram sect,” he said.
In his comments, Assemblyman Abiodun Tobun, said it would not be out of the way to convene a Sovereign National Conference at this point that the country was facing security challenges.
Tobun said that for a nation to continue to exist as a crime-free country, people must agree on how to live together.
“For us to continue existing as a crime-free nation, we have to agree on how to work and live together, because some people feel they were being marginalised,” he said.
The lawmaker urged the new Inspector General of Police (IG), to use his professionalism to fish out members of sect attacking innocent citizens in parts of the country.
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