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JOS, - Islamist Sect Boko Haram has threatened to attack other parts of the country should the government refuse to listen to their demands in their ongoing string of attacks majorly in the Nigeria’s northern part.

The group which has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in which estimates have been put at thousands since it began its violent operation in 2009 did not give further details in the brief and short email.

The spokesman claimed it is only fair that the Nigerian Government shows sincerity and honesty if it truly intends to negotiate with the group rather than the path of 'smart games' it alleges government officials have been playing.

The group also faulted the government’s amnesty programme with the country’s Niger Delta militants calling it a failure which was built on bias.

"The foundation of this country was built on lies, deceit, fraud and inequity, this same government negotiated with some people everyone saw as terrorists and although they've been given money and pampered at the back, they are still carrying out attacks and people see nothing wrong with it" the group said in an email retrieved by Ascology News purported to be from Boko Haram spokesperson Abul-Qaqa.

"The government is playing smart games and henceforth we are planning out our own attacks in major areas of the country especially the South South to show that we are serious and want to be heard too" he added.


PHOTO: An emergency official looks on, after multiple bomb blasts by the Boko Haram sect killed around 180 people.


It is not immediately clear if the sect is responding to the recent re-emergence of militancy attacks in the Niger Delta region.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) yesterday claimed responsibility for the attack in Bayelsa in which four policemen were killed.

The attack has been seen by security experts as unwelcoming despite the amnesty deal militants in Nigeria's restive Niger Delta region reached with the government in 2010, although MEND's commander Jomo Gbomo denied the group was ever part of the amnesty deal.

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in Nigeria's Hausa language, is responsible for the deaths of over a thousand people since it launched its sectarian attacks in 2009 in its bid to enforce the implementation of Sharia law in the country.



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