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| Nigeria: Boko Haram Top Commander, Five Others Arrested |
| 2011-09-30 |
| Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima said yesterday, that a top commander of the deadly sect, Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. Currently wearing a false nose and moustache and answering to Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, or Big Louie... has been placed in long-term storage alongside five other members. With the arrest, a relieved Governor Shettima who confirmed it to the News Agency that Dare Not be Named said, "I believe the worst is over". Governor Shettima told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named in an interview at his heavily guarded office that officials believe a negotiated peace can be reached with the sect now. He, however, warned that members of the group who still continue sectarian campaign of liquidations and bombings will be hunted down by the increasing military and police presence in Borno state. The heavy presence of the military on the streets of Maiduguri, according to Governor Shettima has reduced violence in the city, adding that intelligence gathering by military and the police led to the arrest of the man responsible for planning and orchestrating attacks around the city. The Federal Government Committee on Boko Haram which submitted its report last Monday had recommended among others a dialogue between the government and the sect while the Sultan of Sokoto would represent the group at the talks. The committee claimed to have reached out to the sect and that its members were ready for talks with government. The sect in its reaction the following day, however, distanced itself from the report saying its members were not ready for dialogue. Spokesman for the sect, Abu Qaqa in a telephone interview with newsmen said the group did not have any input in the report and denied that it was ready with peace talks with government. He vowed that the group will continue its attacks until its demands were met. He added that the group was not satisfied with membership of the committee noting that those who advised the government to involve the Sultan of Sokoto did so without consulting the sect. The demands of the sect according to him included "severe punishment for those who killed their leader, Mohammed Yusuf and other members of the sect in the July 2009 revolt." He said the group had also demanded that its places of worship which were destroyed in Maiduguri and other states in the country by security agents must be rebuilt as well as the release of all its members who were being jugged while adequate compensation must be made for the loss of their property. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Any relation to Procal Haram? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2011-09-30 07:04 |