She's one of the people wanted by the Nigerian army.
This post is from 2013, but I thought it would be useful as some people don't know who she is.


She stood out when President Goodluck
Jonathan inaugurated the committee on amnesty
for Boko Haram last Wednesday in Abuja,
covered from head to toe in her burqa. The
mystery of the woman behind the veil extends to
her origins. Tony Akowe in Kaduna profiles the
woman Boko Haram insurgents call “Mama.”
In a region where women are given little
attention, the announcement of the name of
Aisha Wakil as a member of the Committee on
Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security
Challenges in the northern part of the country
came to many as a surprise.
Even though not much is known about her, her
name has consistently appeared on the list of
people allegedly released by the Boko Haram
insurgents as one of those to represent them in
any form of dialogue or negotiation with the
government.
In November last year, when the insurgents
announced the names of prominent northerners
who they wanted to represent them in
negotiations with the Federal Government, Aisha
Wakil and her husband, Justice Zanna Wakil of
the Borno State judiciary, were on the list headed
by former Head of State, General Muhammadu
Buhari.
When the leader of the Supreme Council for
Sharia in Nigeria, Sheikh Datti Ahmed, rejected
his nomination into the committee, many
Nigerians felt disappointed – especially in view
of the fact that he is one of those that may have
had any form of contact with members of the
group. Ahmed was part of the botched peace
deal and he believed that the government was
not serious about peace with the insurgents.
Alongside her husband, Justice Wakil, Aisha, a
practicing lawyer was nominated by the
government to help resolve the problem. Even
though she was called the mystery lady, many
Nigerians may not be aware of the fact that she
has been in touch with some members of Boko
Haram and was even instrumental to a ceasefire
declaration announced by the group at a time
which was later denied by another faction of the
group.
During one peace march by women in Borno
State, she was quoted as asking them to come
out and state their grievances. “My sons, I have
been begging you since in silence to come out
and state your grievances and stop destroying
your homeland. Please come out and state your
grievances and stop these killings,” she allegedly
said amidst tears.
One Mohammed Amin Abdullahi, who said Aisha
was a friend to his sister, claimed on his
Facebook page that Aisha Wakil actually hails
from the South-East, but converted to Islam when
verses of the Holy Qur’an started appearing on
her skin and blended well with the Borno Muslim
community.
He wrote “Barr. Aisha Wakil, I would say, is a
mysterious woman. She is Igbo by tribe and was
a Christian during her education in University of
Maiduguri many years ago. She converted to
Islam when inscriptions of verses from the Holy
Qur’an started appearing on her skin. Members
of the sect became so close to her that they
even called her mummy.
“They visited her house at will. She even sold her
valuables to feed them, just to convince them to
drop their weapons. There was a time she
seized from them and burnt a note book
containing the lists of people killed and those to
be killed.
“A lot of them confessed to her that they were
fed up with the sect activities. She has been
trying to convince members to stop their
insurgency long before the issue of dialogue and
amnesty started. I got to know all these because
she is a close friend of my sister’s, who is also
a human rights activist. I once drove my sister,
whose name I don’t want to mention here, to
Aisha’s house and had the opportunity of seeing
the sect members.”
Barrister Wakil, who works with the National
Human Rights Commission, told Peoples Daily,
an Abuja-based newspaper that largely covers the
north, that her relationship with members of the
sect dates back to a time before the conflict
began and before the death of the spiritual
leader of the group.
She also alluded to the insinuation that she was
an Igbo lady. She was quoted as saying that she
“started the dialogue process since 2009, even
before the major crisis erupted, because I knew
their slain spiritual leader, Muhammad Yusuf. His
father in-law, late Alhaji Baba Fugu Mohammed,
was my spiritual father in Islam, and I used to
visit his home.
“In fact, Mohammed Yusuf almost married my
younger sister Amina, but Almighty Allah did not
make it possible. So that was how I got closer
to the duo. It went even to the extent that I was
cooking food and taking it to the house of late
Alhaji Fugu, to the pupils of the Qur’anic school,
(almajari).
“And because I am from the southern part of the
country, I normally prepared southern dishes,
which Yusuf had always come to eat. In fact he
liked my egusi soup very much and we became
very close when his father-in-law told him that I
was the one who cooked the food. So anytime
we met, he expressed delight and prayed that
Almighty Allah would reward me, for he was
eating from my pot and that was how I
established a strong relationship with him.
“Though I did not know where he lived at that
time, but whenever I visited Fugu’s house, I saw
many people trooping to the area and they would
later gather behind a particular compound, so I
asked Fugu who these people were. He replied
that they were the followers of his son-in-law and
that they had come for a preaching session
conducted by the late Boko Haram leader. When
they finished the preaching and were offering
closing prayers, I would sometimes walk across
to get the blessings of the prayers.”
Wakil admits knowing some members of the
sect saying, “I reside in Shehuri North Ward, the
epicentre of the insurgency and I know majority
of the insurgents, so I sat down and made up
my mind, that how could I just watch them
continue like that?”
“When this thing was about to start in 2009, late
Yusuf had been detained severally and when he
came out after one of the detentions, I went to
his house to greet him, but his followers refused
to allow me access to him. I was angry and said
I would never go to greet him again.
“On hearing that, he rushed to his father-in-law
and asked him to plead with me that I should
forgive him, saying he was not around when I
came. But three weeks to this problem, I started
hearing rumours that they would launch deadly
attacks. So, I called him (Yusuf) to my house
and when he came, I learnt that Abubakar Shekau
and other followers had escorted him, but they
stayed outside.
“When he entered my house, he didn’t even look
directly at my face. He put his two hands behind
him and I said to him, “my son, I’m hearing
something. These rumours I’m hearing, I beg you
in the name of Allah, don’t do it. He said that he
was betrayed; I said by whom, he said by
government, I said can I come into it, he said.
Alright, if you can intervene and settle it, we are
ready.’
“But I was unable to do so due to the protocol
involved in government, especially when it entails
meeting governors. I tried all I could to get to
the former governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, to discuss
the issue, but wasn’t able to get to him. But I
later spoke to Yusuf’s in-law, telling him that I
was not comfortable with these rumours I was
hearing but he said there was nothing he could
do, as he was a man of over 70 years and that
he had written a letter to the government but he
didn’t tell me precisely the content of the said
letter.
“I continued talking to Yusuf and he kept giving
me instances of the betrayal as his followers
were shot over the use of crash helmet for
instance. Then when they carried their dead
bodies for burial they shot them again despite
the fact that there was an agreement between
them, they were betrayed.
“In fact he had seriously lamented this betrayal
as I’m talking to you now I don’t know the
betrayal he was referring to and nobody has told
me about it up till now. And another issue is, I
didn’t know the problem will degenerate into
mayhem like we have seen, otherwise I would
have contacted some of the elders in the state
so that they can come into the matter with a
view to finding a solution to it.”
But how was she able to convince the sect
members to lay down their arms, she was asked.
She said “it was not easy, it was hell. It was
horrifying, scary, because when I spoke with one
of them, he directed me to come to a particular
place. When I reached the location, I found him
with an AK 47 rifle and improvised explosive
devices (IEDs).
“Afterwards, he said, ‘Mama, why did you risk
your life to come here? I said because we are
killing ourselves and I want to put a stop to the
bloodshed. He said ‘you know I’m not alone’. I
replied that yes, I know and I said but you can
talk to others and that was how the whole thing
started. I was able to persuade them to come
out from their hide-outs in the forest and show
their faces, promising that they will not be
harmed or arrested. I was able to do so because
I’m fully involved in the dialogue procedure.
“After succeeding in convincing some of the
insurgents to show up as their safety was
guaranteed, I was linked with someone and I
contacted the Borno State Governor, Kashim
Shettima, who welcomed the development and
facilitated several meetings between myself and
the insurgents who accepted the dialogue on one
hand with the top officials of the state
government as well as the Borno Elders Forum,
after which the dialogue process was mapped
out resulting in the present ceasefire.”
They, however, gave conditions, which include
the need for absolute confidence from
government that they would not be arrested, all
their members in detention should be freed,
compensation should be paid to the families and
relations of all those killed in the violence.
Others were, rebuilding of the enclave of their
leader and houses of some members destroyed
in the conflicts, they should also be empowered
to be self-reliant, and that all those involved in
the extra-judicial killing of late Yusuf should be
prosecuted.”
She was not unmindful of the fact that some
members of the sect denied ever agreeing to a
ceasefire, but said that the denial could not have
come from Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect.
She noted that the leaflets denying the ceasefire
did not “emanate from Shekau, because he was
in support of the truce and in fact was the one
who directed Ibn Abdul-Aziz to represent the sect
in the agreement.”
Moreover, why did it take long before the
purported Shekau denied the ceasefire? She
replied: “You would recall that before the
ceasefire was reached, Shekau was always hasty
to react on any particular issue that didn’t
emanate from him. I also want to dismiss the
recent video footage of the person who claimed
to be Shekau, because the insurgents’ spiritual
leader does not cover his face in all his
appearances as that man did. But even with the
ceasefire, killings and bombings have continued.
Actually all these attacks were the handiwork of
some faceless enemies of peace and progress of
the state. Whether they are politicians or ordinary
citizens, all I know is that there are some
individuals who are not at all happy with the
ongoing peace process that the state has started
enjoying.”
But she is not happy with the statement credited
to President Goodluck Jonathan, calling the sect
members ghosts. She said, “it is quite
unfortunate that the president made this
statement at a time when dialogue is still going
on, Boko Haram is not a faceless group because
we have seen them and sat with them. The
president’s position will not in any way
jeopardise our peace initiative because we are
doing it for the benefit of women, children and
elderly people, who are at the receiving end.”
This mystery woman may be the key to solving
the insecurity that has continued to destroy the
north and the economies of some of the most
vibrant cities of the north. It is apparent that a lot
will be expected from her if the peace initiative
is to work.


Source: http://thenationonlineng.net/who-is-aisha-wakil/

Lalasticlala, farano

too long

falcon01:
too long

But worth reading

"Aisha Wakil actually hails
from the South-East, but converted to Islam when
verses of the Holy Qur’an started appearing on
her skin"

See she had a severe attack of eczema and became a Mohammedan?

falcon01:
too long

It's truly very long but I assure you that you wouldn't want to stop reading until you're through reading everything.


Knowledge is light. This write up has shed more light to BH origin, formation, activities, ways of perpetrations and how they could be conquered. This woman is truly mysterious and I think if the government are really security conscious, they need this mysterious woman, only that they need to be diplomatic about it all.

EroticAngelina:


But worth reading

Worth reading indeed!


Africa, especially Nigeria youths keep proving those who said " if you want to keep something secret for our youths, keep it in a book " right.

greatgod2012:




Worth reading indeed!


Africa, especially Nigeria youths keep proving those who said " if you want to keep something secret for our youths, keep it in a book " right.

And if u want them to hear it , put it in a song

Bokoharam wants an Islamic state period



Nigeria cannot allow that. Simple




Kill All Bokoharams

She is now in jail for multiple 419 conviction. The story long . Why did OP delete his account?