 An human rights lawyer, Femi Fallona, has advised the federal government to engage separatist groups in talks to douse tension and agitations. Fallona made the appeal while speaking at the Southwest Zonal Public Hearing of the House of Representatives Special Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution in Lagos. It said the federal government should engage rather than declare war on separatist groups. President Mohamed Abouari had threatened to deal with those bent on destroying Nigeria through insurrection.