{"id":2650,"date":"2013-04-25T00:41:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T00:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/amnesty-panel-chair-says-talks-possible-with-boko-haram\/"},"modified":"2013-04-25T00:41:52","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T00:41:52","slug":"amnesty-panel-chair-says-talks-possible-with-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/amnesty-panel-chair-says-talks-possible-with-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty panel chair says talks possible with Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The head of the panel set up to seek an amnesty deal with Nigeria’s Boko Haram voiced confidence Wednesday that members of the insurgent group could be brought into talks.<\/p>\n
The statement came as rescue workers deployed to the remote northeastern town of Baga, where the Red Cross says fierce gun battles killed 187 people.<\/p>\n
The military has disputed this figure, but the toll makes the Baga violence the deadliest episode yet in the Boko Haram insurgency, which has killed thousands since 2009.<\/p>\n
President Goodluck Jonathan created the amnesty panel last week to study how a deal could be offered to the extremists.<\/p>\n