In what appears as a contradiction of a ceasefire deal announced last week by Special Duties Minister, Kabiru Turaki, President Goodluck Jonathan has denied any peace deal between the Federal Government and the Boko Haram islamist sect. Jonathan, who disclosed this in an interview broadcast by Cable Network News, CNN on Friday said his administration was already winning the war against terrorist groups in the country. In his response to a question on the ceasefire talk, Jonathan emphatically said no such thing took place: "No negotiation, no. In some other parts of the world, I don't want to mention names here, it is not negotiation. The issue is that am not begging. But if you are somebody's daughter and you are not doing what is right, if you are in a secondary school or you are in a school and people observe that this young lady is not doing what is right, the way she dresses, the way you talk, some people will come through the mother to talk to the daughter or your school teacher to do that. That is what we are doing, it is not negotiation." He said the concept of terrorism is totally strange to Nigeria and will not be allowed to have any root in the country. According to him, "Of course terror attacks and suicide bombing was not known in our country before. It is the newest security challenge we have and when it started as it were, we did not have the terror architecture and the time to deal with terror so we decided to deal with the ordinary criminals. But when it came we were taken aback but now we are building up."
"Recently, there was an attack in a school were 29 students were killed. But in terms of the frequency of the incident happening, it has gone down drastically and we are working very hard and I believe if you are to interview me again probably in three months time, you would praise me that the government has tried in terms of fighting terrorism in Nigeria."
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