A
faction of Boko Haram yesterday took exception to President Goodluck Jonathan’s
statement during his recent state visit to Yobe and Borno States that members
of the sect were “ghosts.”In a statement signed by Sheikh Muhammad Abdul’aziz,
and distributed to journalists in Maiduguri, the sect said:
“As regards the statement by
Mr. President that we are ghosts, let me say with due respect that we are not
ghosts; we have sat with officials of the Borno State Government and a
delegation of Northern State Governors’ Forum on Peace and Reconciliation,
headed by Air Vice Marshall Mukhtar Muhammad (rtd.).”
On the purported video clip on YouTube credited to its leader – Abubakar Shekau
– he dissociated the group from the ceasefire and dialogue offer, Abdul’aziz
said: “About a week ago, somebody who claimed to be leader of Jama’atul Ahlul
Sunnah Lid-Da’waati Wal Jihad, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, appeared on You Tube and
disclaimed peace process going on between the government of Borno State and the
group. The purported Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, went further to say that he does
not know Sheikh Mohammed Ibn Abdul’aziz. Let me state that the man who
appeared on the said YouTube is not Sheikh Abubakar Shekau. The voice is not
his and sheikh has never hidden his face.
“Sheikh’s voice is heavily
Kanuri accented. The man (in the video) is an impostor deliberately brought to
the frontline by those opposed to the peace process.
Abdul’aziz then called on the
Governor Shettima of Borno State to disregard the propaganda aimed at scuttling
the peace process even as he reiterated the sect’s determination to engage in
dialogue as the forward “because our people are suffering” and added that they
will explore the option “to its logical conclusion.”
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