Sarah Jibril, others proffer peace seeking counter-terrorism to end insecurity

Peace – driven counter terrorism is the panacea for the unending act of terrorism and related crimes ravaging the world over the years, Dr) Sarah Jibril and some other peace seekers in the country  have said.

Jibril who served as special adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Ethics and Values between 2011 and 2015, made the proposition in Abuja Saturday at a press conference organised in collaboration with Third Model Solution Initiative for Peace ( TMSIP) .

The former presidential adviser in her own presentation at the press conference , said Counter Terrorism is about the power of love , mutual respect and rigorous compliance to ethics and integrity in all aspects of human life and governance .

“Counter terrorism is reasoning with humane heart in truth enlightenment of positive negotiations to resolve conflicts.

“It requires intensified education / enlightenment about sustainable peace in communities, families, private organisations and government at all levels.

“It is all about true humane perseverance in genuine reasoning towards avoiding conflicts or resolving them among countries of the world .

“In a nutshell, peace – driven counter terrorism is about peace building and sustenance through genuine resolution of conflicts between or among warring parties in any community and required governmental responsiveness to agitations of the aggrieved appropriately, ” she stated.

In his own remarks, the TMSIP national coordinator, Ambassador Peter Okorugbo Goodnews , said counter terrorism approach had over the years, ended up bringing up martyrdom , recidivism and other corollary antecedents that culminated in emergence and resurgence of new entrants new forms of terrorism like armed banditry .

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