Chairman, Presidential Amnesty Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, Tuesday defended the ceasefire agreement signed with Boko Haram, saying the federal government interacted with authentic members of the Islamic militia.
Turaki, who also doubles as Minister of Special Duties, had on Monday announced that the federal government had signed a ceasefire agreement with the sect amid growing criticism over the weekend killing of 30 boarding students and two others by suspected Boko Haram members.
He spoke while responding to enquiries just as the Federal High Court Tuesday in Abuja convicted and sentenced four members of the sect to life imprisonment for their role in the April 8, 2011 bombing of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Suleja, Niger State.
The bomb attacks resulted in the death of 16 people, while many others were injured.
Those sentenced to life imprisonment are Shuaibu Abubakar, Salisu Ahmed, Umar Babagana-Umar and Mohamed Ali.
One of the suspects, Umar Ibrahim, was given a 10-year sentence, while the sixth suspect, Musa Adamu, was freed for lack of evidence.
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