The Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, more popularly known as Boko Haram, yesterday dismissed claims by Governor Ali Modu Sheriff that political rivals killed ANPP’s Borno State gubernatorial candidate Alhaji Modu Fannami Gubio and it claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Gubio, a cousin of the governor, was killed along with Sheriff’s younger brother Alhaji and six others in Maiduguri last Friday. The governor had said on Monday night that he suspected politicians, and not Boko Haram, of being behind the killing, given its sophisticated nature.
For the second time, the group also claimed responsibility for the Christmas Eve bombings in Jos, Plateau State which claimed the lives of many people, and it promised to launch more attacks in the coming days until, they said, an Islamic government is established in Plateau State.

Yesterday’s sensational claims were made on printed A4-size posters that were pasted on several public and private buildings across the troubled Borno State capital. Residents of Maiduguri and environs woke up to find them on the walls, supposedly pasted by sect members. Neither Daily Trust reporters nor the authorities could say for certain that Boko Haram pasted the notices. The open letter, which carried the logo of the sect, also claimed responsibility for attacks in Bauchi State.

Sheriff had told reporters late at night on Monday that members of the outlawed Boko Haram were not responsible for Friday’s killings, insisting that it was crafted by “few politicians who want power by all means.”

Sheriff said, “I believe that what happened was not carried out by the Boko Haram members. First it was the deputy zonal chairman of the ANPP, Awana Ali Ngala that was killed. Incidentally he was my cousin. And then last Friday, they attacked our gubernatorial candidate and my younger brother alongside five other innocent souls. We all know the patterns of the Boko-Haram people who will just rush out, shoot in the air and run into hiding. But all those that died on Friday were shot right in the head, and only specially trained persons can do that.”

He also said, “I am not surprised that some politicians have launched campaign of calumny in the media suggesting that a state of emergency be imposed in Borno State. We know from where they are coming from; they are behind it all these while. As soon as they achieved what they planned on Friday, they rushed to the media calling for a state of emergency. This alone is a clear testimony that people are desperate and they want to get power at all costs.”

Yesterday’s open letter, written in Hausa, was pasted on walls along Post Office Area, State Low Cost, Railway Quarters (the enclave of late leader of the sect, Mohammed Yusuf), Umarari, Jejeri and Baga Road among others.

It read, “In the name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. Without any doubt, we the warriors of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, under the leadership of Imam Abu Muhammad Abubakar Bin Muhammad, popularly known as Shekau, hereby declare that we are responsible for the attacks launched in Borno on Friday 23-14-32 (28th Jan. 2011), which led to the killing of Alhaji Modu Fannami Gubio, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), and the brother of Governor Ali Modu Sheriff as well the security men attached to them.

“As we have been telling the world, these attacks we are launching, just like the one we launched on the eve of Christmas in Borno and Suldaniyya (Jos) and the ones we are launching in Bauchi, are meant to propagate the name of Allah and to liberate ourselves and our religion from the hands of infidels and the Nigerian government.

“We are therefore calling on Muslims in this part of the world to be well prepared because, very soon, we would launch a full scale war between the Muslims and the Christians. We also call on the Muslims not to seat close to where security agents or politicians are living because such people are behind the illegalities being meted on the Muslims.

“As you can see, security agents have been deployed to Churches to guard them while on the other hand, the same security agents are the ones maltreating the Muslims. This is the time for all of us to rise and change this government, and give way to the establishment of Islamic government.”

“Finally, anyone of you that assists them, will receive the same punishment like them. Message from the warriors of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad.”

However, police authorities in the state have called on the citizens to disregard the threat, assuring that everybody will be safe. Police spokesman ASP Lawan Abdullahi said, “People should not be nervous with the open letter, we are on top of the situation.”

Asked why the police could not arrest any of the people that pasted the posters in the dead of the night despite many patrol teams, the spokesman said, “We did not arrest anybody but we would soon get them. Our patrol teams now move around the town instead of staying in one place.”

The state police commissioner had said that nineteen people have been arrested in connection with Friday’s killings, stating that they are “political thugs loyal to some politicians.”

According to him, “We have strongly established that the suspects that are now in our custody are political thugs who have connection with some powerful politicians in the state.”

Those arrested according to the commissioner include Ibrahim Ali, Gambo Saadu, Mohammed Umar, Mohammed Abubakar, Saidu Ibrahim, Yahaya Audu, Ibrahim Moto, Musa Ibrahim, Rabiu Mohammed and Rabiu Yahaya. Others are Mohammed Audu, Adamu Mohammed, Hamisu Sule, Hudu Yau, Sanusi Kabiru, Hamisu Sani, Shaabiyu Sule, Hussaini Sani and Sani Ali.

Asked about the names of the “powerful politicians” responsible for the killings and the party they are representing, the police commissioner said disclosing names will tamper with the investigations by officers and men of the joint security forces. According to him, “it will be wrong to tell you the names now; we would give you details at the appropriate time. All I can say is that we have made a significant progress in our findings.”



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In other word, they need an islamic republic. abi?

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In other word, they need an islamic republic. abi?

Nigeria badly needs a -REFERENDUM-

Its obvious that this British arrangement called Nigeria will not work

The boko haram shld stop being cowards, they shld boldly say it out that they need an islamic state to practice and worship their God the way they shld because they can't impose their belief on others.

the problem of Nigeria is good leadership.

boko haram against its own people and others not his own , no referendum can end.

referendum will only resolve the problem for the south if Nigeria divides even then, a bad neighbour is a big headache to another.