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Northern-based civil rights activist and President of Civil Rights Congress, Mallam Shehu Sani, said on Sunday at a news conference that the purported killing of the leader of the violent Isamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau by the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, would not end the insurgency in the region.
“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.
He said, “Nigerians have been fed with lies in the last three years by the security agencies, the government and those who have been exploiting the situation as it is on the ground.
Sani urged Nigerians not to believe these lies. He also urged the Federal Government to stop deceiving Nigerians on the activities of the violent Islamic group.
He also said the Boko Haram amnesty committee’s efforts were futile and that they were misleading the public with the half-hearted information they often release.
“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.”
He 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.
