The fact that Boko Haram, the islamists sect currently terrorizing Nigeria did not start today is no news, as the group has been around since 2004 but did not start operations until 2009, when former president Olusegun Obasanjo was still in office.
The group’s initial leader Yusuf Mohammed was killed when Obasanjo was still in power and that was when the story changed.
According to an interview by 247ureports with an unnamed man claiming to be a high ranking member of the group, Obasanjo could have been killed as he was in “shooting range” when he came for a meeting with Mohammed’s in-law, Babakura Fuggu following the death of Mohammed.
According to the man, who was said to have spoken fluent English with an American accent, the outcome of the meeting resulted in the death of Babukura as he was said to have demanded for cash, which the sect members frowned upon.
247ureports reports:
Information recently made available
to 247ureports.com through a high ranking contact within the
organizational structure of the terrorist Islamic group, Boko
Haram reveals unnerving revelations regarding the recent attacks on
Kano, Bauchi State – and the aborted attack of September
15, 2011 visit by former President of the federal republic of Nigeria,
General Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo to the home of the in-law of the slain
leader of the Boko Haram, Babakura Fuggu in Borno State.
It was gathered that the leader of
Boko Haram, Imam Abubakar Shekau who is currently hiding away in
Qoundere, Cameroun following the recent and ongoing attacks on Kano and
Bauchi State – had deliberated seriously on the assassination of the
former president of Nigeria, General Obasanjo on September 15, 2011
while on a visit to Borno State to the home of the in-law to the slain
leader of Boko Haram [Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf].
According to the Boko Haram source,
former President Obasanjo had made first contact with Yusuf’s in-lawal,
Babakura Fuggu [eldest son of Yusuf's in-law] in early September 2012
concerning opening a channel of dialogue with the terrorist group. The
leadership of the group took it uneasy with the choice of Babakura –
[since the line of leadership did not automatically follow family
lineage as in traditional settings. As a 'religious' group they did not
see Babakura as the rightful person to take over from Yusuf.] - For this
reason, the leadership of the group ‘silently’ objected to the meeting
between Babakura and Obasanjo.
As Obasanjo concluded his secret
meeting the previous day at the Green House with three other religious
group [Jamatu Nasir Islam, JNI and CAN] in Jos, the capital of Plateau
State on the Wednesday of September 14, 2011, and took off the following
day to Borno State, the terrorist group, according to the
source, marked the former President within their ‘firing range’ from
the moment he landed in Borno State at minutes after 11am till he
departed the State in the late afternoon of the same day. According to
the source, “we were not sure of him.”
“He was going to be a big catch”
said the source who explained that the leadership halted the
operation as Obasanjo went inside the residence of Babakura.
“Obasanjo was good to us. We had no
problem with Obasanjo. We had him. We could have taken him out”, as he
recalled that the sharia movement took off during the period when
Obasanjo was president. “The problem started during the late President
Yar’Adua regime. Goodluck only inherited the problem. We have no problem
with Goodluck. But his Ijaw people around him are deceiving him.”
Interestingly, the Boko Haram source
who spoke in fluent English with a slight American accent explained the
decision to ‘finish’ Babakura Fuggu came due to what transpired
between Obasanjo and Babakura. “We learnt he asked for money”. Babakura
requested on behalf of Boko Haram monies to enable the group defray
litigation costs and other minor financial requests which the leadership
of Boko Haram considered menial and demeaning. The wife, Yakolo, was
said to have received money from the former president to the tuned of
N500,000. Babakura Fuggu was gundown on September 17, 2012 as he existed
his home by his younger brother in the company of other young men
dressed in reddish-orange babarigas each armed with AK47s –
just barely forty eight [48] hours following the visit of former
President Obasanjo.
Meanwhile, information available to
247ureports.com reveals the reason Kano and Bauchi State were attacked a
few days ago as having to do with failed promises by the State
governors of the two states. The entire northern governors, according to
the Boko Haram source, have ongoing relationships with the group. “Most
of them pay us monthly to leave their states alone.”
In Kano State, the former state
governor, Malam Shekarau reached an agreement with the terrorist group
in late 2004 for an initial monthly disbursement of N5million which was
later bumped up to N10million in 2009. The agreement, according to the
source, included provision of institutional infrastructural support
through the Hisbah [Islam police] project which received yearly
budgetary allocation of N1.01billion. The gubernatorial election of
April 2011 which introduced Rabiu Kwankwaso as the new governor changed
the agreement. The Kwankwaso administration was quick to dismantle the
Hisbah set up – and the said agreement to disburse N10million monthly.
The governor proceeded to make arrests of known Boko Haram members. Boko
Haram leadership who had found comfort in Kano did not appreciate
the Kwankwaso administration’s policy on Boko Haram. According to the
source, “we warned the Governor of the consequences.”
“We concluded on Kano in December
2011″. The abrupt end to the oil subsidy strike and protests served an
opportunity for the group to strike. The preparatory work for the attack
and the selection of targets had already been completed. According to
the source, an estimated number of casualties was calculated to net 300
minimum. “The go ahead order” was given on Wednesday [January 18,
2012] evening before the leader of the group left the country to
Cameroon on the early morning of Thursday, the following day.
In Bauchi State, the Governor, Malam
Yuguda reached similar agreement with the leadership of the group. A
monthly disbursement of N10million was agreed upon along with provision
of training grounds on the many mountain scattered in Bauchi State. The
governor also promised to give them security against arrests by the
federal government. The agreement was reached in June 2008 but mid
2011, the governor stopped the disbursement of the N1omillion regularly.
Boko Haram were not happy but remained loyal to the agreement
because of the unfettered access to the mountains of Bauchi as training
camps.
However the arrest and detention of
their number 3 man by the State Security Services [SSS] fractured the
relationship between the governor and the terrorist group. According to
the source, the State was attacked to free the number 3 leader of Boko
Haram and to “teach them a lesson”. The detained leader schooled at the
prestigious Lincoln University located in the State of Connecticut, USA
and owns a block industry in Bauchi State near the home of the former
governor of Bauchi State – an area densely populated by Boko Haram
operatives.
According to the source, “the
northern governors are overwhelmed”. They are aware of the capabilities
of the Boko Haram operatives operating in their respective states. Some
of the State government officials visit the terrorist groups in their
training camps to watch the training exercises. “We train harder than
the Nigerian military and they see it” said the source while
‘lamenting’ that the governor continue to tell the President that the
menace of Boko Haram is under control.
The Boko Haram source made it
emphatic that “we [they] have the weapons and are in control. We are not
asking for Islamic Nigeria. We want our men free.”
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