Says “Haliru Sani’s Statements Are Effusions of A Deluded Mind” The Ibrahim Babangida camp has at last offered a response to the allegation of
sponsorship of the Boko Haram sect levelled against the former military President. A
statement issued by General Babangida’s Media Spokesman denied any links with Sani
Haliru, the repented Boko Haram member. The statement raeds inter alia “We feel a deep sense of concern that the country is going
through these obvious challenges of insecurity and bad leadership that are threatening
the very fabric of the country’s foundation. We have read and assimilated the effusions
of a deluded mind by name Sheik Sani Haliru, who for want of very cheap relevance
decided to mention the highly respected name of IBB as one of the “sponsors” of what
he called Boko Haram. From our first reading, we felt it would amount to giving undue relevance to a confused mind if we volunteer a response, but for our teeming
supporters, associates and friends of IBB, and for the price we owe history, we decided
to offer this disclaimer. First, General IBB cannot in his frame of mind remember any of such names called Sheik
Sani Haliru whether as an Almajiri or a jihadist or both. Reading through the interview,
one is easily confronted with a number of inconsistencies and well orchestrated
conclusions that are spuriously out of place. One, Dele Giwa did not die of suicide
bombing as claimed by Sani Haliru. It is public knowledge that he died of parcel bomb
and the latest insight by Rev.Chris Omeben as published in Sunday Sun of 5th February, 2012 will form an instructive reading. Secondly, we have every cause to believe that the
interview was carefully scripted to convey the message intended and not one
conducted under a question and answer basis. The responses of the said Sani Haliru attest to this fact. From that premise therefore, it
will be save to conclude that the interview was structured by certain agents of
government to satisfy pre-determined position. Thirdly, the questions by the
interviewer are also leading questions, tending to achieve the predetermined end of the
initiators of the interview. The emphasis on seeing Islam as a religion of violence is a
clear indication of this motive. Fourthly, on the one hand, the interviewee declared himself to be a converted Christian, while on the other hand, he was asking for someone
that will connect him to God. He talked about his fear of going to jail, why will a man of
God be afraid of incarceration or jail if the cause he is pursuing is truly altruistic? How
could someone with facts about Boko Haram be saying that he is afraid the SSS will
arrest him if he ventured those facts, when the whole wide world is patiently waiting to
get a road map out of the Boko Haram pogrom? There are also instances where third person narrative tenor is given to Sheik Sani Haliru, thus making the whole exercise
curiously misleading and utterly unconscionable to warrant any serious recognition. In all of these, so many conjectures, hearsays, deductions, impressions and lies were
bandied in the said interview thus making the entire contents suspect. For example, his
reference to the October 1st bombing in Abuja is totally at variance with what the State
Security Service has unravelled about the masterminds of that dastardly incident. We are
therefore at sea to reconcile any of the claims as truly reflective of any sound mind save
that we have every reason to believe that this is purely a well-scripted interview to give our revered IBB a bad name. What the real motive of the interview is remains to us very
worrisome because we cannot in any way rationalize the immediate or remote
intentions of the interviewee and the interviewer. For purposes of record, General IBB wishes to disclaim whoever that might have
granted such interview and wish to emphatically state that there is no iota of truth in
whatever the interviewee must have put down. There is no connection whatsoever
between himself and the so-called Sheik Sani Haliru. It will serve good purpose if the said
Sani Haliru could disclose his age in 1985, 1987 and 1992, because his claim of 44 years
of Boko Haram activities could be self-contradicting if we are able to know his real age. 1985 till date is a record 27 years. By the time we subtract that age from 44 , the guess is as good as mine. One couldn’t
possibly know what feat a 17 years old boy would perform in 1985 to warrant any
linkage with IBB. It will also be of good use if he could disclose the instances where IBB
is directly and indirectly connected or linked to his activities, how much money he was
given, who gave the money and what period of time? The uncomplimentary adjectives he used to describe General IBB further expose the
underpinning lies in the interview. Every Nigerian that has had opportunity of
interacting with this great Nigerian called IBB from North to South, East to West, would
concede to the bare-faced fact that General IBB is generally a likeable person, generous,
kind and very hearty personality whose contributions to national development and
unity of Nigeria remain unparalleled in the history of Nigeria. For such a leader who has put his all in the development and unity of the country to now get involved in such
heinous activities as described by the so-called Sani Haliru stands logic on its head. All the insinuations as to the deliberate effort of IBB trying to Islamise Nigeria are clear
indications that Sani Haliru is suffering from self-delusion. Perhaps, he did not realize the
fact that IBB’s Vice-Presidents and some of his key players in his cabinet were Christians.
He also might have forgotten that it was in the same regime that our broken diplomatic
ties with Israel were restored to allow Nigerians embark on Holy Pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
If we are to follow all the writings in the Bible, and interpret them likewise, one will be tempted to say that the Bible is preaching violence too. But the word of God cannot be
interpreted on its face value; hence men should be wary about drawing conclusions that
are informed by their limited understanding of the word of God. We therefore wish to inform the public to disregard and ignore whoever might be the
face behind that name called Sheik Sani Haliru and the message of doom that he seems
desperate to propagate. We wish to assure our teeming members’ world-wide that as
elder statesman, General IBB will not desist from offering his plausible contributions to
national discourse and that no amount of blackmail can take that leadership away from
this great icon. The unity and peaceful co-existence of Nigeria is very dear to General IBB and having fought in the 30months civil war of the late sixties, he would do
everything humanly possible to avert any descent to anarchy in our fatherland. We challenge both the interviewee and interviewer to disclose the documents they claim
to have to prove us wrong, otherwise, they should keep their mouths shut forever.” PRINCE KASSIM AFEGBUA
MEDIA SPOKESMAN TO GENERAL IBB

Pls ask ur boko ibb to tell us why he took nigeria name organization of islamic country o.i.c any way , God will pay him either good or bad

@op source pls.


For the record i'm already believing IBB have a hand in this Boko Haram saga. Too many fingers pointing at him.

This IBB's spokesman is funny, it would have been better if he had kept quiet, all the crimes that IBB has committed which government has been able to hold him accountable, you now come to give us the impression that IBB is a stainless saint. don't ask this defenseless interview/interview to come out, or answer your questions, IBB should come out boldly as a statesman that he claims and stand against bokoharam because he has the influence to stop it if he wants to, and give nigerians a reason to see that he is not on the side of BH.

247nigerianewsupdate.com/tiger-plea,

Dats d souce. Am still finding it hard to paste from ma phone.

i have gone thru the story in dat interview and i bet ibb knows alot about dis boko haram issue

He's a snake and the chief sponsor/founder of boko haram.