“We will seize fire if government arrests Sheriff and compensate us” – Boko Haram

Members of Jama'atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda'awati Wal Jihad also known as
Boko Haram have said they are now willing to seize fire and stop all
atrocities being perpetrated by their group and work against other
existing groups if the State and Federal Government will truly heed to
their demands.

The acclaimed spokesman of the group, Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, who
doubles as the second-in-command (Amir) to their leader Imam Abubakar
Shekau revealed this in a tele-conference with journalists in
Maiduguri on Thursday stating that if the state and the federal
government want the group to seize fire completely, then former Borno
state governo,r Ali Modu Sheriff must be arrested and prosecuted
according to the law of the land.

He also said that apart from the arrest of Senator Ali Sheriff,
government should compensate the group and rebuild their placesof
worship which were destroyed during 2009 uprising.
Abu Abdulazeez further stressed that, all their members who were
arrested and are under the custody of security agencies mustbe
released with immediate effect, and all their wives who were displaced
following the crises as well as their children must be rehabilitated
into the society to create room for a fruitful dialogue with the
Federal Government.

He pointed out that for a dialogue to take place, it must be through
the following elders namely: Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno, Former Head of
State General Muhammadu Buhari, former YobeState Governor, Bukar Abba
Ibrahim, Ambassador Gaji Galtimari and Barr Aisha Alkali Wakil and her
husband, Barr, Alkali Wakil, insisting that the dialogue must not take
place in Nigeria but Saudi Arabia, as according to him, the
governmentof Nigeria is not sincere for dialogue due to its betrayal
in the past.

Abu Abdulazeez also said that the group has mandated five members who
are to mediate on their behalf; they include himself (Abu Mohammed
Abdulazeez), Abu Abbas, Sheikh Ibrahim Yusuf, Sheikh Sani Kontogora
and Mamman Nur
While speaking on the series of killings and unwantom destruction of
property that took over Maiduguri recently, Abu Abdulazeez
disassociated the group from such act, pointing out that such attacks
were politically motivated by those seeking for power in the Borno
Emirate council, government or otherwise,but not in line with the
ideology of the sect who are fighting for the cause of Allah.

He also said that,the burning of old and newly constructed primary
schools witnessed across the state were not masterminded by the sect,
insisting that the burning of such places were carried out by
aggrieved politicians who were denied contracts from the state
government.
Source:dailypostngr