{"id":27391,"date":"2014-06-02T12:11:49","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=27391"},"modified":"2014-06-02T12:11:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T11:11:49","slug":"kabiru-sokoto-writes-jonathan-says-im-ready-to-name-boko-haram-sponsors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/kabiru-sokoto-writes-jonathan-says-im-ready-to-name-boko-haram-sponsors\/","title":{"rendered":"Kabiru Sokoto writes Jonathan says I&#8217;m ready to name Boko Haram sponsors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\">Incarcerated Boko Haram kingpin, Kabiru Sokoto, has said he is ready to name the top guns behind the insurgents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\">Sokoto who stated this in a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan however faulted his conviction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\"><span style=\"display: inline;\">The letter to the President read in part: \u201cYour Excellency Sir, an innocent man was convicted by the court on the date aforementioned. It is for this singular reason that we are applying to you for Presidential pardon in the circumstance pursuant to your exclusive legitimate constitutional powers as enshrined in your golden conscience and under Section 175(a) and (b) of the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\"><span style=\"display: inline;\"><br \/>\n\u201cYour Excellency sir, we are applying for respite and pardon for the convicted felon Kabiru Umar (alias Kabiru Sokoto) because we have absolute faith in your compassion and highest sense of fairness, equity and justice first as a God-fearing man and next, as the leader of the most compassionate nation on earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6px  0px; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,; font-size: 14.399999618530273px; line-height: 15.455999374389648px;\"><span style=\"display: inline;\"><br \/>\n\u201cYour Excellency, we vow to reach out beyond the imagination and work with you in resolving the Boko Haram imbroglio, with the firm belief that no quarrel of brotherhood is eternal. 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