The president Goodluck Jonathan-led administration has insisted that the alleged negotiation of ceasefire between The Nigerian military and Boko haram islamic sect was still on-going. This is despite the denial of the sect leader, Abubakar Shekau of existence of any such talks between his group and the government

In a report by the  Hausa Service of the BBC, monitored in Jos, Minister for Special Duty and Chairman, Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolutions of Security Challenges in the North, Alhaji Aminu Tanimu Turaki (SAN), said the dialogue with the sect has not broken down as being variously speculated in some quarters.
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