A cleric, social critic and Spiritual leader of Christ Deliverance Ministries Inc.
(CDM), Lagos, his lordship, Prophet Ekong Ituen has predicted that amnesty for Boko Haram will fail.

Amnesty for Boko Haram?

Amnesty for Boko Haram? What cause are they fighting? They burnt churches and killed Christians. These were the people that bombed churches while in session, yet we are talking about amnesty. If you grant amnesty to Boko Haram, what becomes of their victims? There is no place in the world where amnesty is granted to terrorists because granting them amnesty will send a wrong signal to other groups that could wake up one day to hold the country to ransom. If the Federal government cannot curtail the activities of the suicide bombers, that means it will be difficult for government to withstand any external aggression which might be more destructive than the havoc committed by the Islamist group.

Honestly, these people don’t deserve amnesty having killed thousands of innocent Nigerians without any provocation. But let me say this as a spiritual leader that if amnesty is granted to Boko Haram, the blood of the innocent souls will certainly cry for vengeance and this will become a spiritual impediment and albatross on the neck of the federal government which  may put this country in perpetual disarray.
It is to be note that before amnesty was given to Niger Delta militants, they voiced out their problems, they sighted ecological degradation and neglect of their region as part of their agitations. Based on this, the Federal government sat down and looked into their issues, dialogued with them before amnesty was granted to them.

     So, amnesty will not work

 No, it won’t work. It is a f failure in progress, it cannot work. Boko Haram don’t even believe in it. They are only tossing around the sensibility and psyche of Mr. President. They have an agenda and they will never back down. No amount of inducement or appeasement will deter them. I can tell you without fear of contradiction that amnesty is bound to fail. Take it from me, the state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and adamawa State is a temporary solution, which cannot salvage the situation as they can still re-group and operate in other States. I am urging the Federal government to go back to my advice because the solution to terrorism in Nigeria lies in God’s hands. Anything outside this, Nigeria should expect more bombings as earlier predicted. The solution should be spiritual.

     Recent past predictions?

     Actually the Almighty God has proved to me that he was the one who sent me. Daily Sun was one of the newspapers that reported that a sitting Governor would die mysteriously before the end of 2012, it was a vindication of sort when late Governor Patrick Yakowa died in December 2012. It is unfortunate the leadership of this country does not take the voice and the warning of God seriously and as long as they are taking God for granted, everything will continue to happen as predicted. I foresaw the crisis in People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

I predicted that the party would be engulfed with serious crisis that will rock the foundation of the party as there would be division and disunity among them and Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will be faced with many challenges. The crisis and confusion among some PDP governors and President Jonathan is a manifestation of my earlier prediction which was not heeded by Mr. President. But let me say it to you that what is happening now in their midst is a tip of the iceberg compared with what lies ahead against the party.