Shekau’s ‘death’: There might be no end in sight to Boko Haram attacks – Shehu Sani

by ‘Jola Sotubo

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“Shekau’s ‘death’ will not stop Boko Haram”. This was the opinion stated by a Northern based civil rights activist and President of the Civil Rights Congress , Mallam Shehu Sani, after the purported killing of the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau in Maiduguri by the operatives of the Joint Task Force.

Sani, further expressed his doubt on the reports claiming that the violent sect leader had died, saying that the death should and would have been announced by the the highest organ of the sect (Shura), if it was indeed true, and a successor duly appointed.

According to reports, Sani challenged the military authorities to produce the corpse of the Boko Haram leader if at all he had been killed.

“On the death of Abubakar Shekau. If at all Abubakar Shekau was killed by the JTF. First of  all, there will be an announcement by the Shura Council that  Shekau  had been “martyr” they will naturally appoint a successor to Shekau. That is one. Secondly, if there was a killing of Shekau, Nigerians should not believe it until JTF or the government  or the dialogue committee present the body of  Shekau before Nigerians, and thirdly, we  should not misinform ourselves or mislead ourselves,the killing of Shekau will not  end the insurgency in Nigeria as long as  there is one person or two persons who are aggrieved,” Sani said.

Sani, while addressing a news conference in Kaduna on Sunday,  said the way forward was  for the government to act on his report which he set through former President Olusegun Obasanjo and  the one brought to them by  Dr. Datti Ahmed which was facilitated by a freelance journalist, Ahmed Sarkida.

He insisted that Nigerians had been fed with lies since the  beginning of the violent activities of the sect three  years ago by those he described as “fraudulent” characters who had continued  to exploit the current situation for their own benefit.

He noted that several claims by  security agencies, committee and the government itself had all turned out to be lies.

Sani urged the Federal Government to stop deceiving Nigerians on the activities of the violent Islamic group.

He also urged Nigerians not to believe what they were been fed by the security agencies, the Amnesty Committee as well as the government.

He also dismissed  the claims by the amnesty committee that it had fruitful dialogue with members of the Boko Haram sect, noting that the committee was just misleading Nigerians with the half-hearted information it released.

He said, “Nigerians have been fed with lies  in the last three years. Lies  by the security agencies,lies by the government  and lies by the people who have been exploiting the situation  as it is on the ground.

“There have been about 15 claims of ceasefire which had all been dismissed by Boko Haram,  there have been three claims of dialogue with the sect in Saudi Arabia  which was dismissed  by Boko Haram. We have consistently  been  fed  with kilings of commanders, deputy commanders, topnotch, icons of Boko Haram and top men of Boko Haram but none of these have put an end  to the insurgency.”

Comments (3)

  1. I think government should get u arrested , northern idiot imbecile , sheaku is dead forever if u never heard just hear it now, infact i saw his corps where they went and buried him in secret, ar u still doubtin ? Idiot imbecile .

  2. shehu sani go and ask the shura council to produce the corpse, infact the military should investigate you is like you know something?human right activist sponsored by northern politicians!

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