At about the time when the federal government of Nigeria is seeking to unravel the faces of patrons of a new Christian militia group dubbed Akhwat Akwop, the Jama’atul Ahlus Sunna Lid Da’awatis Jihad (JASLIDAT), otherwise known as Boko Haram has revealed that the masterminds of the radical Islamic sect are some prominent Northerners, whose identities would be made public soon.
An adherent of late Muhammad Yusuf, the slain leader of the group, Mallam Ali Teshako told THEWILL on Monday that the original brains behind the sect’s formation were Northern elites who under the pretext of sponsoring youths to study in the Middle East subsequently offered them as mercenaries to countries interested in training terrorists.
Mallam Teshako who dismissed the Akhwat Akwop as another “group of vultures” that wants to feast on the misfortunes of the apex government attributed its emergence to lack of good governance and injustice in the country.
“This is another group of thieves who want to seek relevance from the government,” Mallam Teshako explained. Going down memory lane the spokesperson of JASLIDAT, also known as Yusufiyya, named after its slain leader, said the original name of the group was the Taliban. He said the name Boko Haram was not its name but that it given to it by people in the states where they have followers and have been clashing with security operatives.
“If he were alive he would have spilled the beans on the them. But nonetheless, we will reveal their identity at our convenience,” Teshako emphasized. He said the clashes between the group and security operatives in the country was as a result of the provocations by the police. He recalled that in 2009 the police who had shot dead two of their members traced them to a cemetery where they went to bury them and wounded 20 more people.
“Still not satisfied they trailed those wounded to a hospital in Maiduguri and prevented them from getting blood donations and treatments. In the wake of all these we were hounded, chased from our homes, some of us were killed and many were arrested including myself,” Teshako said.
Teshako indicated that many of the atrocities attributed to JASLIDAT are perpetrated by killer squads funded by some serving and defunct governors in North-East Nigeria. He gave an example of an attack on a police station that was actually carried out by the ECOMOG militia sponsored by former Borno governor, Ali Modu Sheriff. He said after the attack his group was blamed.
An adherent of late Muhammad Yusuf, the slain leader of the group, Mallam Ali Teshako told THEWILL on Monday that the original brains behind the sect’s formation were Northern elites who under the pretext of sponsoring youths to study in the Middle East subsequently offered them as mercenaries to countries interested in training terrorists.
Mallam Teshako who dismissed the Akhwat Akwop as another “group of vultures” that wants to feast on the misfortunes of the apex government attributed its emergence to lack of good governance and injustice in the country.
“This is another group of thieves who want to seek relevance from the government,” Mallam Teshako explained. Going down memory lane the spokesperson of JASLIDAT, also known as Yusufiyya, named after its slain leader, said the original name of the group was the Taliban. He said the name Boko Haram was not its name but that it given to it by people in the states where they have followers and have been clashing with security operatives.
“If he were alive he would have spilled the beans on the them. But nonetheless, we will reveal their identity at our convenience,” Teshako emphasized. He said the clashes between the group and security operatives in the country was as a result of the provocations by the police. He recalled that in 2009 the police who had shot dead two of their members traced them to a cemetery where they went to bury them and wounded 20 more people.
“Still not satisfied they trailed those wounded to a hospital in Maiduguri and prevented them from getting blood donations and treatments. In the wake of all these we were hounded, chased from our homes, some of us were killed and many were arrested including myself,” Teshako said.
Teshako indicated that many of the atrocities attributed to JASLIDAT are perpetrated by killer squads funded by some serving and defunct governors in North-East Nigeria. He gave an example of an attack on a police station that was actually carried out by the ECOMOG militia sponsored by former Borno governor, Ali Modu Sheriff. He said after the attack his group was blamed.
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