The Boko Haram sect
has again denied
negotiation talks with
the federal government.
Sani Tukur
The leadership of Jamaatu
ahlis sunnah lil daawati
wal jihad, popularly known
as Boko Haram, has again,
denied engaging in talks
with the Nigerian
government, contrary to
widespread reports that
the sect had re- entered
into dialogue with the
government.
The group made this
denial in an email to
PREMIUM TIMES on
Wednesday evening.
The sect not only denied
talks with the
government, but also
described the purported
press statement by one
Abu Muhammad, who
claimed to be the second
in Command to the
sect’s leader, Abubakar
Shekau, as the creation of
the media.
The sect said its position
on dialogue was made
clear in a recent video
address by its leader,
where Mr. Shekau
foreclosed any possibility
of dialogue with the
government, but which it
said many media houses
ignored, but were quick to
publicise the “purported
Meccah meeting”.
The sect recalled that it
was because of such
misrepresentations by the
media that it attacked
Thisday Newspaper,
adding that as far as it is
concerned, “those who
fight us with guns and
those who use pen are
one and the same”.
The sect also said it is
aware that many people
were using its name to
get huge sums of money
under the pretext that
they would “arrange
dialogue with us”.
It called on such fake
intermediaries to “fear
Allah before they get into
the hands of Allah’s
army”.
In the statement, the sect
said since the Federal
Government “lured and
arrested one of our
leaders, Abu Darda who
was sent to dialogue on
our behalf and also
frustrated the one
facilitated by a journalist,
Ahmad Salkida and headed
by Dr. Ibrahim Datti, we
have foreclosed any
possibility of talks with
the government”.
The group says it is
aware Mr. Datti had
entered into a fresh
round of talks with the
government.
It therefore warned Mr.
Datti to “respect his age
and desist forth with”.
The sect added that the
only guarantee to peace
is the full implementation
of Sharia in Nigeria.
“As long as the
government has not put
aside the constitution and
embrace the Holy Quran
as the final law in the
land, government should
stop dreaming of peace
because we will never
stop fighting,” it said.


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