Nov. 4 (Bloomberg)-- Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group fighting to impose strict Islamic rule in Nigeria, denied involvement in the killing of one the country’s retired army generals two days ago.

Suspects shot Muhammadu Shuwa, a retired major general at his home in Maiduguri, capital of northeastern Borno state, killing him and one of his guests, Sagir Musa, spokesman for the Joint Military Task Force in the state, said in a statement to reporters on Nov. 2. The attackers entered the house as Shuwa was hosting guests before the Friday prayers and opened fire, he said. The guest died immediately and Shuwa died on his way to the hospital, he said.

“We have no hands in the killing of Gen Shuwa,” Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz, a spokesman for the group, said by phone today from Maiduguri. “ We didn’t have problem with the man,” he said. The attack came a day after Abdulaziz said the group is ready to start talks with the Nigerian government.

Boko Haram is seeking to impose strict Islamic law on Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer. Its insurgency began after its leader, Mohammed Yusuf, was killed while in police custody in 2009. Since then the group has carried out attacks in the mainly Muslim north and the capital, Abuja, that have killed more than 1,500 people, according to Human Rights Watch.

mallam_musa: everybody knows that the Igbo people still hold grudges against northerners that were very instrumental in the civil war.

malele: It remains GOWON

mallam_musa: everybody knows that the Igbo people still hold grudges against northerners that were very instrumental in the civil war.

mallam_musa: everybody knows that the Igbo people still hold grudges against northerners that were very instrumental in the civil war.

okunboy: [b]Conspiracy Theory:[/b]The general was killed by the JTF. The man has been marked by the security operatives as one of the sponsors of Boko-haram sect. He has been under security survaillance and profilling all this while. He was not killed by boko haram........... A friend told me this from maiduguri and I was a kind of shock! But I think this is sounding like the truth!

GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN: my People i am doing everything to stop bokoharam menace

dridowu: Who kills Major General Shuwa ?

ndu_chucks: Has anyone talked to TY Danjuma about this killing?

Thomas Anongu: u always speak like a fool. So many humble souls were taken by d bastards Boko Haram and his shudn't sound bigger dan theirs, after all, wat meeting was he holding? Normally, attacks in d North do take place after Juma'aT prayers. Probably, d slick was planning attack on innocent souls intending to take place after prayers. If I see d general in another world I would still pull a trigger @ him. Meanwhile, U n ur slick ass miserable friends are FOOLS

eastman11: Nigerian army is the primary target of BH and have lost so many soldiers recently as a result they are now on rampage for revenge. A secret killer squad of the JTF has been given the target of eliminating any perceived sponsor or member of BH. Last week about 38 youths were gathered in a field and 20 of them who were identified as BH members were summarily executed by JTF, i think this is a good development since govt may release them in the course of negotiation with BH. Kudos to JTF.

Who killed General Shuwa?, it depends on which side of the divide he is, since BH said he is in their good books then guess who killed him.

okunboy: Conspiracy Theory:[/b]The general was killed by the JTF. The man has been marked by the security operatives as one of the sponsors of Boko-haram sect. He has been under security survaillance and profilling all this while. He was not killed by boko haram........... A friend told me this from maiduguri and I was a kind of shock! But I think this is sounding like the truth!