Tinubu Does Not Tolerate Negotiation With Terrorists – FG

Bola Tinubu

Presidential Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said that President Tinubu’s government does not negotiate with bandits or any terrorist organisation. He recently revealed that while past governments occasionally resorted to dialogue with violent groups, Tinubu is very much against it.

Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, Bwala shared that despite the complexity of Nigeria’s security landscape, the president has always maintained a zero-tolerance approach to negotiation with terrorists.

According to him, even though Nasir el-Rufai talked about a previous national policy that allowed both federal and state authorities to negotiate in extreme circumstances, Tinubu’s approach is quite different.

He stated that earlier governments sometimes embraced dialogue because protecting citizens’ lives is the state’s primary duty.

“There was a time the federal government was negotiating with terrorists.

If citizens are in danger and negotiation is the only option to save them, then you have to do what is necessary at that moment.

President Tinubu came with this zero tolerance on negotiation because it didn’t fit into terrorism financing,” he said.

Bwala further warned that ransom payments will only end up strengthening criminal groups; therefore, the trend must be discouraged.

He concluded by maintaining that the Federal Government does not tolerate the idea of negotiation with those behind kidnapping and violent extremism.

“You are constructively financing terrorism without knowing it.

Instead of the elements who are sponsoring them, the ransom money ends up being used to buy more weapons,” he added.