President of Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria and a Northern-based activist, Mallam Shehu Sani, declared that the Wednesday meeting between ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo and family members of Boko Haram insurgent was to open a new channel of dialogue with the sect.
►According to him, the meeting which was held in Abeokuta, was aimed at finding a way of releasing the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.
►The activist, who confirmed to be part of the meeting in a statement in Kaduna on Wednesday, noted that the meeting was meant to fashion out a fresh understanding to resolve the crisis of insurgency bedevilling the country.