Buhari offers amnesty to repentant Boko Haram members

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reiterated his desire to offer amnesty to repentant members of Boko Haram sect willing to surrender their arms and embrace peace.

The President stated this while receiving the recently released students of Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said the government is ready to rehabilitate the repentant Boko Haram fighters back to the society.

He warned politicians politicizing security issues that the situation would no longer be tolerated.

The President also warned security agencies against any laxity in the discharge of their duties.

He said those involved in such laxity would be viewed strongly and sanctioned appropriately.

The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawan Daura, said 105 out of 111 girls abducted by Boko Haram on February 19 were released.

He said the remaining six girls have not been accounted for.

According to him, two pupils of Dapchi primary school were also released with the secondary school girls on Wednesday.