Last night, Boko Haram negotiator Ahmad Salkida
revealed a lot about Boko Haram in a Q & A
organised by Jibrin Ibrahim , a Nigerian political
scientist, activist and ICT consultant, Akin
Akintayo on twitter.
During the question and answer session
#WhatDoesBHWant, he gave a chilling revelation
of what the Boko Haram wants. Read his
narration via twitter below:
“The name BH emanated frm Bauchi in ’09 & has
reduced d scope of d BH ideology to only mean
they forbid Western education. In 2006 late Yusuf
personally handed me a press release that stated,
Islam permits them to subsist under a modern
govt but has explicitly prohibited them frm
supporting such govts as far as their structures
contradict core Islamic beliefs. Yusuf had never
hide d desire of BH to carryout Jihad & ultimately
secure Daula(State), d dream of every ‘Jihadi’
movements.
Many have suggested BH was d offshoot of
growing unemployment. Clearly, there’s huge &
frightening degree of unemployment. but d fuse
that drives BH terror is wt d sect’s doctrinaire.
What we r dealing wt is a growing global ‘Muslim’
ideologue.
BH do not see me & othrs as Muslims because of
our inclination to western schools & civil
obedience based on d constitution. Teachers &
students r killed bcz they r seen by d sect as
laying d foundation for secular way of life.
Security agents r ‘Taghut’ (Idols) by BH & r killed
whether Muslims or not, even a negotiator has no
life guarantee. Anybody that says BH want ppl
prosecuted or immunity is an imposter bcz BH
believe our courts r all forms of Taghut.
The central theme of BH ideology is to reject &
dissociate oneself in d belief of all forms of
deities. Taghut to them r persons or institutions
that aid d Constitution & Western educatn that
lay d foundation for secularism. They indoctrinate
sect mmbrs to hate even their own parents,
brothers etc if they r associated wt ‘Kufr’ 3(denial
of truth). BH believe they r Sunni Islam, they
want to return ‘Islam’ to what they view as d
interpretation of first generation Muslims.
The BH that kidnaped girls & on rampage have
nothing to do wt our local politics, they r inclined
to global ‘Jihad’ movement. Athari – Shekau’s
interest pre- ’09 is a creed/movement of
traditionalist Islamic scholars who reject Islamic
‘theology’ in favour of strict textualism in
interpreting Qur’an & Hadith. To engage in
rational disputation is forbidden.
To BH, d validity of human reason is severely
limited & rational proofs can neither be trusted
nor relied upon. When moderates argue that
Muslims can join politics, schls, civil service etc to
be able to compete, BH argues to d contrary.
BH/IS use this verse: “When your Lord revealed to
the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm
those who believe. I will cast terror into the
hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike
off their heads and strike off every fingertip of
them.” 4/4 Moderates believe that BH/IS interpret
this verse out of context.
Moderate Muslims bliv that d background for this
command is within an actual battle situatn, Battle
of Badr in d yr 624. Same way Christians argue
that I Samuel 15:3 that command King Saul to
commit genocide must not be used out of
context.
Fear is a uniquely & effectiv weapon for BH, their
rhetoric’s currently outstrips their capabilitis & it
has affected d army. From 2012 to date BH have
killed & beheaded even their members & Ansaru
for breaching Bai’a (pledge) to Shekau, They rely
on a Hadith of Abu Hurairah that forbids them to
disregard one’s Bai’a to an Imam.
I’m afraid, this crisis may go out of control.
Sources say IS has sent envoys to examine BH,
“if they have an agreement. we r likely going to
see IS asking Jihadists that cannot travel to Iraq/
Syria to go to Nigeria & Libya to fight”
BH got its major initial funding frm what they call
‘Fai’u’ robbery. Btw 2010/12 over 500M naia was
carted away frm banks. BH r also engaged in
‘extortion,’ small scale & high profile kidnapping,
and ransom is their biggest war chest.
Noncombatant or inactive members also
contribute proceeds from their businesses from
all over Africa.Contributions also come from like-
minded Jihadi groups frm like AQM & frm other
groups around d world.
A large chunk of their weapons & other hardware
r seized frm Cameroun security forces but in
most cases from d Nigerian Army. Today my
sources told me that d money, resources, food &
military hardware they got frm #Mubi can
sustain their war for 1yr.
What do they really want
BH wants to implement their brand of Sharia.
Muslims, Christians or Atheists who oppose their
doctrine will be attacked. Except according to
them d ‘unbelievers’ in their caliphate will pay tax
& live according to certain rules set by them.
If by tmrw d Sultan of Sokoto becomes Nigeria’s
leader & every Christian convert to Islam, BH will
continue their onslaught. Their grouse is wt d
institutn of democracy & our way of life. To BH,
both supporters & secular institutns must be
destroyed.
The chances of BH agreeing to a ceasefire/retreat
frm captured territories thru peaceful means as
recently announced is 1/10. Danladi Ahmadu who
is claiming to be working with d FG on peace
settlement has nothing to do wt BH as a group or
its leaders. The name Danladi in d first place
based on BH doctrine is Kufr, d name means
someone born on Sunday which to BH is
apostasy. Again Danladi, always refer to Allah as
‘Ubangijji’ in Hausa, a name BH consider to be
Shirk (deification). Using d prefix of Uba (father)
& gijji, a name of an idol, Ubangijji (Master of
gijji) is a word BH leaders preach against.
BH believes that their “success” is built wt d
blood/Shahada of their brethren & many prefer to
die in war than in peacetime. Any negotiation by
BH will have to be strictly guided by Sharia & NO
govt will suspend its constitutn bcz its treason.
The Danladi saga reveals absolute lack of basic
knowledge by those prosecuting the war on terror
in Nigeria. Captives can be released based on a
swap arrangement but for d FG to get BH to
dialogue they have to change d tide.
In May 2014 BH had agreed to release captives
for 400 of their members but few hours to d
swap d FG called it off. Shekau then became
angry when d swap in May was called off. He
then shifted d goal post to ‘all members’ (over
2000) of them. What affected my intervention
with two other passionate & patriotic Nigerians
was unhealthy rivalry and backstabbing by
different cliques around d president, even d
agencies of govt r not holistic in their work.
Anybody that claim BH will release captives for
10 or 30 detain members is being misled by his
contacts if he has any. The idea of releasing a
few Commanders came about by some middle
level BH members that think Shekau may have
cold feet if he sees some of his associates after
long, he may reverse to d May 2014 concessns
which seem more doable for any govt. The BH
doctrine, according to its leaders, attach d same
value to both foot soldiers & leaders. Any loyal
BH valuable.
I have alwys said on this street & in a recent
interview that d release of chibokgirls should have
been a national emergency. However, I strongly
believe that Shekau said he married out all
chibokgirls in anger. He will not repeat previous
threats. To repeat the same threat more than
twice, according to sources, present d group as
weak going by their ‘conquest’.
Shekau value his membrs in detentn probably
more than d girls, so chances r he can let them
go esp if d girls want 2 return. The decision to
free captives is, if they prefer to leave & if Shekau
is satisfied wt d number of prisoners to be
swapped.
For chibok mothers they don’t care if their
daughter’s r married or not, they want them back
home that is what is important.
The Cameroun govt released over 200 suspects,
after 4 days BH released hostages, d FG doesn’t
need any negotiator for this. There are NO
shortcuts to this crisis, as I said in my recent
interview newswirengr.com Govt must change d
tide to their favour. To release captives in a swap
wt BH is not d same wt negotiating an end to this
conflict. They must be two different things.
According to BH, to forsake Sharia is (Kufr Al-
Akbar) to retreat from Bama, Gwoza, Mubi etc is
such Kufr, they will no. According to BH their
brand of Sharia is superior to d constitutn
therefore negotiation will be dictated by d later.
No govt can suspend its constitution. Therefore, d
most realistic option is for d Nigerian Army to
meet BH in d battle field. BH have moved frm a
Jihadi group like Al-Qaida to a Daula. They bliv it
is Allah that gave them conquest, so no
compromise. Daula to them henceforth is
conquering territory, town after towns, no retreat
even if d last person will die. Apparently there
could be d political Boko Haram that uses d name
of d group to carry out assassinations of some
opponent’s.
Again, there r some politicians & security
contractors both in d North & South that have
grown tall on d crest of BH crisis. But d political
BH or criminal elements cannot blowup
themselves, they r not capturing territories, they r
in d minority.
Politicians r not involved in d ideological BH that
r responsible for about 90% of d violence in
Nigeria & Cameroun. The FG’s only crime here in
my opinion is how they have so far mismanaged
d crisis. What is important here is to say nothing
but the truth. We have to understand this problem
as it is how can we stop this war?
As long BH makes sustain territorial gains, they
will determine the course of any negotiation. the
only way out of this is for govt to fight if it can,
but if it cant, then it must give in to d demands
of BH. We can only fight with a professional army
that is accountable and respect those they are
defending. So BH have one of the fastest growing
army, the number of conscripts out numbers the
death. how this stop?
Govt must ensure that NO more territory is lost,
they must bring in new thinking that is devoid of
corruption.
BH has nothing to do with FG, GEJ or the Niger
Delta they only feed on our differences &
obsession wt conspiracy theories. BH ideological
army not conscripts go into war to die than come
back alive. We ‘v to give d NA tht feeling to die 4
Nigeria.
My links to BH can be categories into two: (1) Is
that of a decade-long source and a persistent
reporter. (2) Pre- ’09 BH I was close to late Yusuf
on account of my reports & he showed
tremendous respect for me b4 his follower’s.
Thank you Nigerians for ur understanding, I’m
human I make mistakes but I’v Neva lost my
humanity to love & respect othrs. ”
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