justirich: While terrorism and wanton acts of
destruction go on unabated in Nigeria,
another can of worms has been opened
regarding the identities of the real
sponsors of the deadly Boko Haram group. Sheikh Haliru, a founding member of
the dreaded jama’aful Ahlul sunna wal
Liddawati wal Jihad also referred to as
the Boko Haram sect who has since
found a new faith made startling
revelations recently when he named some well placed Nigerians as the
financial backbone of the sect. Sani Haliru who was born to a Nigerien
father and a Nigerian mother grew up
in Wulari, in Borno State where his
mother hails from. Like most boys, he
became an Almajiri at the age of ten
and was trained for four years. At 14, he was sent to Kano where he studied
at Sheikh Abubakar Gumi School of
Arabic Studies. Apart from being
studying at the feet of the popular
Sheikh Gumi, Haliru prided himself as a
mentee of the late Al Quaeda leader, Osama bin Laden. Incidentally, as revealed by Haliru, his
new faith is in Jesus Christ who he
hated and persecuted for 44 years.
Before he became a born-again
Christian, Haliru saw fire and blood as a
jihadist. Narrating his past experience, he said “I took part in the Kaduna riot
of 1992 and in several northern states
of Nigeria, but the state I operated
more from was Borno, where I was the
State Commander/Chief Strategist. In the early months of May 1986, I was
among the 36 Jihadist hardliners, who
went on a rampage to attack Christian
students of the University of Sokoto. In
that same week, the Federal
Government of Nigeria under the leadership of General Babangida
mobilized us and provided some
military vans and Army uniforms which
our men used and started killing
innocent and defenceless Christians all
over the Northern states. I and the son of the Emir of Kano, who is now a
Christian by name Rev. Paul Ado
Bayero, were among the Muslim
fanatics who pulled down the sculpture
of Jesus at the University of Ibadan . The following year, March 5, 1987 to be
very precise, the “Evil Genius” General
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida secretly
armed us through one of his close aides
by the name of Captain Hassan
Abubakar (now a Pastor with a fast growing church in Lagos). We went to
go and kill some targeted Christians
including Rev. Nuhu Kure (Throne room
founder) after the destruction we
committed at the College of Education
in Kafanchan, Kaduna State And of recent, I was the leader of the team of
soldiers of Allah that destroyed Church
buildings and properties in Bornu State” The former jihadist claimed to have
been to eight different countries
namely Sudan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
Yemen, Libya, Somalia, Egypt and Niger
Republic. And when he was asked if he
received any training in those places, he disclosed that he was trained as an
Attack Strategist in Libya and Pakistan
alongside Nigerians and non-Nigerians
alike. One of the proofs of the training
as he disclosed was a mark which he
carries with him till date. The mark is in form of a sword held in a hand. That is
regarded by those who went through
the training as the “license to kill for
Allah”. When Sani Haliru was asked about the
identities of the fellow Nigerians who
were his course mates in Libya and
Pakistan, he said “they are scattered all
over the country and we were not too
many then”. He however gave a few names, those he mentioned included Ali
Baba Nur, Asari Dokubo, Jasper Akinbo,
Mohammed Yusuf, Salisu Maigari,
Danlami Abubakar, Cletus Okar, Ali
Qaqa, Maigari Haliru and Asabe Dantala.
He spoke further that Asari Dokubo of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force
was a year ahead of him in the Libyan
training camp in Benghazi. But who financed the training in Libya,
Haliru was asked. From his response, it
was obvious that the person was
obviously a highly placed Nigerian as
he said “you will not believe me and
only God will judge the Chief sponsor of terrorism in Nigeria whose name I will
not mention because he is so powerful
and even the president of Nigeria,
Goodluck Jonathan, is so much afraid of
the man”. And to prove that he harbours no fear
about unveiling his sponsor, the
erstwhile extremist dropped the
bombshell. He said “the man is no other
person than the man they call IBB. As I
am talking to you now, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has more than
600 men and women Jihadists on his
payroll. They are scattered all over the
Country and he can use them to destroy
Nigeria”. He disclosed that the former
military President still has his agents in the Nigeria Army, the Police, the Air
Force and in strategic economic
positions. He alleged that Babangida’s loyalists
can still be found in top political
positions, in the National Assembly, in
both the print and electronic arms of
the media and even in Aso Rock,
Nigeria’s seat of power.” While describing General Babangida’s
influence, the repented Boko Haram
pointman revealed that he attempted
to divulge some of the information at
his disposal to the State Security
Service, he however said it was the unimaginable that happened. “I was
arrested and detained for two days
because IBB’S men are so many in SSS
as well. After I was released by the
grace of God, they (the Police) warned
me never to blow up the polity or provoke violence and I should keep my
so-called-born-again with me or else I
will go to jail”, Haliru said.” He also gave indications that IBB might
not be alone in financing terror in the
country as he alleged that he has the
names of six traditional rulers and
seven present and former Governors as
well as several top military and security officers who are co-sponsoring the
Boko Haram sect. Speaking further, he
said “I have documented evidences to
prove that General Mohammadu Buhari,
Alhaji Abubaka Atiku and other top
politicians and traditional rulers are some of the people behind Boko
Haram”.
When Haliru was asked if it meant that
General Babangida, the Muslim
traditional rulers and Governors that he
accused of sponsoring Boko Haram to kill Christians and burn churches in the
North are not aware of the passage in
the Qur’an that says there must not be
compulsion in Islam as Mohammadu
Buhari asserted in a widely publicized
interview on Saturday, the 21st of April, 2011, Haliru’s reply went on to reveal
more. “: I have worked so closely with
Mohammadu Buahri for five years, and I
can prove it that General Buhari is the
most notable outspoken jihadist
hardliner in Nigeria who is also strategically sponsoring Boko Haram”,
he said. He said with Buhari;s
statement, it was evident that the
former Head of State was being
hypocritical. He based his submission on
Surah Al-Baqarah Chapter 2:195, it is written here that you must use your
wealth to champion Jihad of all kinds or
else destruction is waiting for such a
person on the last day. “And spend in the Cause of Allah (i.e.
Jihad of all kinds) and do not throw
yourselves into destruction (by not
spending your wealth in the Cause of
Allah), and do good. Truly, Allah loves
Al-Muhsinun (the good-doers).” Haliru also indicted Governor Isa
Yuguda of Bauchi State as an ally of the
Boko Haram sect. Narrating his
experience when he was arrested and
detained years ago, Haliru said “ soon
after my immediate boss Mohammed Yusuf was killed in 2009, about 23 of us
were arrested in one of our hideouts in
Bauchi. But when Governor Isa Yagiuda
heard about it, he immediately
arranged for me to be free. Even before
his official broadcast in 2010 that he was using his position as the executive
Governor of Bauchi State to free 28
prisoners from Bauchi Central Prison, I
was already a free man along with
several of my colleagues”.
http://hotnaijanews.com/2012/02/04/confessions-of-a-repentant-terroristhow-ibb-buhari-atiku-others-sponsor-boko-haram/

sucemt: Though I am a Christian, i dont concur with this magical display of sanctity and miraculous bruhaha. i am no fan of IBB but this whole story just sound like some cookie tale. if IBB is what you said and u were with them, u cant leave them alive. because u know too much. and even if u succeed in escapng they will kill u at sight. I refuse to believe this story.