{"id":40712,"date":"2015-07-24T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T16:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=40712"},"modified":"2015-07-24T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T16:58:17","slug":"why-is-boko-haram-still-killing-innocent-people-under-buharis-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/why-is-boko-haram-still-killing-innocent-people-under-buharis-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Is Boko Haram Still Killing Innocent People Under Buhari\u2019s Government?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a year ago, on July 24, 2014, my piece, \u201cNo, Balarabe Musa, Jonathan
\nNot To Blame For Boko Haram Menace!\u201d was published by PM News. It was a
\nresponse to The Guardian interview of the former governor of old Kaduna
\nState, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, entitled, \u2018Boko Haram Insurgency is
\nPolitical.\u2019 The interview was published on page 17 of The Guardian on
\nWednesday, July 16, 2014. In it, the former governor stated plainly that
\nJonathan\u2019s government was responsible for the Boko Haram menace in the
\ncountry. \u201cWhat people don\u2019t know is that different interests have been
\nhijacking Boko Haram at various stages,\u201d he said. \u201cThe first stage, from
\nthe information available to us, was a quarrel between the defunct ANPP
\nand PDP in the north east. This brought about the agent provocateur called
\nBoko Haram. Later, when the political leaders that created Boko Haram to
\nfight one another became unable to control Boko Haram, after they had
\nachieved their objectives, it was taken over by a series of interest
\ngroups, probably, including the Federal Government itself, to control its
\npolitical enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the former governor, either Jonathan was plotting, with the
\naid of Boko Haram, to rig the 2015 election, or he wanted to use Boko
\nHaram to prevent the election from holding altogether so that he would
\ncontinue in office after 2015. Hear him: \u201c\u2026this destabilization (caused by
\nBoko Haram) is aimed at making the 2015 election impossible, or if it
\ntakes place at all, it will be easy to rig, because people will be
\nconcerned about the insecurity more than with voting, when they know that
\nthe vote doesn\u2019t even count\u2026\u201d It is either this, he said, or \u201cNigeria is
\nbeing destabilised so that there will be no election in 2015\u2026according to
\nthe 1999 Constitution, if no election is held in 2015, the President will
\nbe able to continue, because the constitution allows him to hand over to
\nan elected President. Which means, if there is no elected President in
\n2015, Jonathan will continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

In my piece, I plainly made it clear that only a blatant liar will speak
\nlike Alhaji Balarabe Musa by proving convincingly that, rather than being
\nsponsored by Jonathan, Islamic terrorism is simply a global phenomenon and
\nthat Nigerian Boko Haram is just our own share of this terrorism in this
\npart of the world. My piece on this can be viewed here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.pmnewsnigeria.com\/2014\/07\/24\/no-balarabe-musa-jonathan-not-to-blame-for-boko-haram-menace<\/a><\/p>\n

On August 11, 2014, my piece, \u201cAt Last, Buhari Attacked By Jonathan\u2019s Men!
\n\u201d was published by PM News. It was a response to the malicious APC
\npoliticians who, after the attack on General Muhammadu Buhari by Boko
\nHaram, accused Jonathan\u2019s men of being the masterminds. The Publicity
\nSecretary of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, had
\ncome out with an interesting theory about the \u201cassassination attempt\u201d on
\nGen. Buhari in an interesting article entitled, \u201cWho Wants General Buhari
\nDead?\u201d In the piece, Igbokwe said that Jonathan might not have been
\ndirectly behind the attack, but it could have been people looking to curry
\nfavour from him. Insisting that the attempt on Buhari\u2019s life had
\neverything to do with the 2015 elections, Igbokwe said that President
\nJonathan needed to look within, and urgently. Hear him: \u201cI am running away
\nwith the thinking that the crisis bedevilling the nation cannot be
\ndivorced from President Jonathan\u2019s ambition to rule Nigeria beyond 2015.
\nWhile this inordinate ambition is being pursued left and right, front and
\nback, up and down, the nation is left bare at the mercy of insurgents, and
\nmass murderers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the truth must be told, Nigeria has to remain a political entity for
\nsomebody to become the President. President Jonathan should look inwards
\npronto. Those who targeted Gen. Buhari may be playing real politics for
\nPresident Jonathan\u2019s 2015 ambition. It may be right to push the blame to
\nBoko Haram but nobody is a political idiot here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Again, in my piece I debunked this fallacious accusation by pointing out
\nthat Buhari, even though a Muslim, is seen by Boko Haram members as an
\ninfidel because he is not only a supporter of Western Democracy, which
\nBoko Haram is out to fight against, but in fact its very candidate!\u00a0 I
\nwrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cBoko Haram is purely religious. Members of the sect are fighting to
\nIslamize the entire north and if possible even Nigeria as a whole.
\nAbubakah Shekau has made this very clear several times but unfortunately,
\non each occasion politicians have always overshadowed his statements with
\ntheir malicious lies. However, whatever be the degree of these lies,
\nShekau is determined to eliminate those he refers to as \u201cMuslim infidels\u201d,
\nthat is, Muslims who because of Nigerian democracy are betraying the faith
\nof Islam. Certainly, there are many northern politicians who are
\nsponsoring the sect, but most of these former Heads of State may not
\nreally be among these politicians as most Nigerians assume. Buhari, who is
\nsimply desperate to rule Nigeria at all costs and who had even spoken
\nopenly against the sect members, is simply on top of the list of the
\n\u201cinfidels\u201d whom the sect members have determined to eliminate. But the
\nproblem with many Nigerians is simply carelessness and consequently the
\ntendency to forget things easily. Some people started linking Buhari to
\nBoko Haram simply because of the statement he was said to have made after
\nthe 2011 general elections: that he would make the country ungovernable
\nfor Jonathan. But the truth is that this statement was about Buhari\u2019s
\npersonal ambition to rule Nigeria under a democratic system which has
\nnothing to do with Boko Haram agenda. While some people have said that
\nthat 2011 election was to some extent free and fair in several parts of
\nthe country, this writer was in the north at that time and really \u2014
\nfrankly speaking \u2014 witnessed that Buhari, who was massively supported by
\nmany in the north, was actually frustrated by the ruling party at the end
\nof that unfortunate exercise and hence can rightly testify that the
\nGeneral must have made that statement out of anger. In other words, the
\nstatement that he would make the country ungovernable really had nothing
\nto do with Boko Haram, period. Boko Haram is out to fight all democrats,
\nand Buhari is not just a democrat, but also a Boko Haram critic, is it
\nlogical then, to say that Buhari is using Boko Haram to make the country
\nungovernable? No, it is not!\u201d<\/p>\n

I tried, in the piece, to show that some Muslims who have argued that
\nIslam does not support Shekau\u2019s position on democracy are simply mere
\ncomedians. Modern democracy, it must be noted, unlike the type practised
\nin ancient Greece, was actually propounded by ardent enemies of religion,
\nmany of whom were atheists. The origin of it is simply the French
\nRevolution, particularly the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and
\nof the Citizen of 1789, which affirmed the so-called principles of civil
\nliberty and of equality before the law. That is why it is simply alien to
\nIslam and to all the ancient religions. In fact, even true Christianity
\nalso forbids modern democracy. Islam, on its part, is simply an
\nanti-democratic religion because Islamic fundamentalism is incompatible
\nwith the pluralism that is necessary for a democratic state. And may I add
\nhere that Muslim societies (such as many of the Arab or Asian states, for
\nexample Saudi Arabia) are authoritarian and consequently violently
\nrepressive. Authoritarianism is the natural consequence of the legal and
\ndoctrinal rigidity which makes a political culture of compromise
\nimpossible. Shari\u2019a law is viewed as perfect and divine. Consequently,
\nlaws are best made through theocratic interpretation rather than
\ndemocratic debate. This lends to systems structured around institutions
\nsuch as the Faqih and the role of the clergy. Shari\u2019a does not require
\nseparate legislatively defined provisions. The notion of equal citizenship
\nis also absent from Islamic thought because insurmountable inequalities
\nbetween believers and non-believers are built into Islam.<\/p>\n

The piece can be viewed here:
\nhttp:\/\/www.pmnewsnigeria.com\/2014\/08\/11\/at-last-buhari-attacked-by-jonathans-men<\/a><\/p>\n

In September 2014 I wrote another piece, \u201cIhejirika Sponsoring Boko Haram?
\nAn Inquiry\u201d\u2014a response to the so-called Australian \u201ccrisis negotiator\u201d,
\nStephen Davis, who really set the media ablaze with his allegations
\nregarding Boko Haram sponsors. Davis aroused our sleeping consciousness
\nwhen he alleged in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Company
\n(ABC) that the Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, was being funded by
\nNigerian politicians, and in a subsequent interview with Arise TV, Davis
\nwent further to name former Borno State Governor, Modu Sheriff and former
\nChief of Army staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, as sponsors of the
\ngroup. Davis had visited Nigeria to negotiate the release of the over 200
\nschoolgirls abducted since April 2014 by Boko Haram terrorists. He
\npreviously worked as a negotiator for Nigerian government under
\nex-Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Yar\u2019Adua administrations during
\nthe Niger-Delta militants uprising in the South-South. Although his
\nallegations were proved\u2014beyond reasonable doubt\u2014to be false, many
\nNigerians believed him. Wole Soyinka for instance, gave the impression
\nthat they were true.<\/p>\n

Part 1 of the piece, published by Business-Day, can be viewed here:
\nhttp:\/\/businessdayonline.com\/2014\/09\/ihejirika-sponsoring-boko-haram-an-inquiry-1\/#.VarIwvlVikq<\/a>
\nand part 2 here:
\nhttp:\/\/businessdayonline.com\/2014\/09\/ihejirika-sponsoring-boko-haram-an-inquiry-2\/#.VarM9PlVikq<\/a><\/p>\n

In my piece published by pointblanknews.com on February 27, 2015, I
\nseriously cast doubt on the sincerity of Buhari with regards to Boko Haram
\nmenace, given his contradiction by asking the Federal Government to stop
\nthe clampdown of Boko Haram \u201cinsurgents\u201d in October 2014. Buhari, who then
\nspoke on a Liberty Radio programme, accused Jonathan\u2019s government of
\nkilling and destroying houses belonging to Boko Haram members while the
\nNiger Delta militants got special treatment. He said that unlike the
\n\u201cspecial treatment\u201d given to the Niger Delta militants by the federal
\ngovernment, the Boko Haram members were being killed and their houses
\ndemolished by the government. While accusing Jonathan of failing from the
\nbeginning to address the security situation in the country, Buhari said he
\nhad never been in support of the state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and
\nAdamawa states, and shockingly, according to Buhari, \u201cwhat is responsible
\nfor the security situation in the country is caused by the activities of
\nNiger Delta militants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Can we then see the reason why he is now hunting for the Niger Deltans
\nwhile almost completely ignoring the murderous activities of his Boko
\nHaram brothers in the North-East?<\/p>\n

My February piece on this can be viewed here:
\nhttp:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/jonathan-northern-muslims-boko-haram-saga<\/a>
\nAnd on his current hunting for the blood of the Niger Deltans, see this:
\nhttp:\/\/www.thetrentonline.com\/buhari-declares-war-on-south-south-militants-orders-air-bombing-of-creeks<\/a>
\nand this:
\nhttp:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/articles-opinions\/buhari-bombing-of-calabar-creeks-is-this-another-odi-and-zaki-biam<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, all the structures put in place by Jonathan to tackle the
\nterrorists\u2014the military checkpoints and the rest\u2014have been dismantled by
\nBuhari, and Boko Haram terrorists now move freely in the North East,
\ndestroying lives just as they want. See this also:
\nhttp:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/186492-how-buharis-slow-pace-is-affecting-the-war-against-boko-haram.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Now, in his recent reaction to the current activities of Boko Haram, the
\nDeputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has lamented that \u201cBoko
\nHaram insurgency\u201d has worsened since Buhari assumed office. He said: \u201cI am
\nworried about the resurgence of Boko Haram activities in Nigeria.\u00a0 Shortly
\nbefore the inauguration of the present government, the country had almost
\nrolled back Boko Haram and its activities in every part of Nigeria\u2014from
\nAdamawa to Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Kaduna. I was hoping that when we come
\nback in the 8th Assembly, that I will work with our colleagues from the
\nNorth-East to develop a plan of action that will help to rehabilitate that
\npart of Nigeria. I feel so concerned about the suffering of our people
\nfrom the North-East of Nigeria. I had hoped that by now we would be
\ntasking ourselves on how best to rebuild that part of Nigeria.
\nRegrettably, the actions of Boko Haram seem to have resurfaced now; not
\nonly in Borno, they have carried out their activities also in Plateau,
\nthey have gone to Adamawa and Kaduna. I am worried that if nothing is
\ndone, the next target would be Abuja. Maybe they will start going to the
\nSouth. It is important for us as those in government, whether executive or
\nlegislature, to come together to find solutions to these problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indeed, nothing is currently being done. Instead, Buhari is busy pursuing
\nhis perceived \u201cenemies\u201d\u2014the Biafrans and the Niger Deltans\u2014while
\ncompletely ignoring the terrorists who are now slaughtering human beings
\nlike fowls. Since Buhari became president, the death toll of Boko Haram
\nvictims has risen significantly and is still rising day after day, while
\nthe number of killed Islamic terrorists has fallen significantly compared
\nto that of former President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s last month of rule. A
\nchart by naij.com showing how many people have been killed since Buhari
\nwas sworn-in as the president, has shown that the number of Boko Haram
\nfighters killed under Buhari has declined sharply for the same period. Put
\nsimply, Buhari is unwilling to fight the terrorists\u2014this cannot
\nnecessarily be as a result of any weakness on his part as we can see him
\ntoo vigorously fighting the Niger Deltans and even the armless Biafrans.<\/p>\n

More lamentable, still, is that the evil Nigerian media\u2014as well as all
\nthose \u201chuman right activists\u201d such as Soyinka or the “Bring Back Our
\nGirls” campaigners who mercilessly criticised Jonathan\u2019s \u201cclueless
\ngovernment\u201d\u2014are now completely silent in the face of the terror going on
\ncurrently in the North-East. Prominent Nigerian Newspapers\u2014massively
\ncontrolled by the ruling party\u2014don\u2019t report the atrocities of Boko Haram
\ncurrently going on in the North-East, and when they do occasionally such
\nkillings are never made the headlines. Hence, instead of ebbing, the
\ndeaths and destruction caused by Boko Haram is simply galloping currently
\ncompared to the pre-May 29 era.\u00a0 This is despite the moving of the
\nmilitary command to Maiduguri, Borno State capital and epicentre of the
\nviolence which has so far claimed over 20,000 lives since the move by Boko
\nHaram to declare Nigeria an Islamic Caliphate started in 2009.<\/p>\n

Before Buhari assumed office, the Jonathan\u2019s administration had recovered
\nsome lost territories from the Islamic terrorists. It would also be
\nremembered that Buhari had during his electioneering campaign promised to
\ntackle the Boko Haram if elected into office. Well, he has now been
\nelected into office and has since been doing quite the opposite of his
\npromise.\u00a0 There have been over 30 terror-related attacks since the
\nelection of General Muhammadu Buhari on March 28, 2015. So far, about 700
\npeople have been killed either through bombings, or beheading, or
\nshooting. Precisely, here are some\u2014not all\u2014of the facts, as reported by
\nsome newspapers:<\/p>\n

May 30, 2015: At least 13 people were killed during an attempted night
\ninvasion of Maiduguri by the Islamic terrorists. May 30: About 26
\npeople\u2014perceived to be Muslim infidels by Boko Haram, that is, Muslims who
\nare against the activities of the Islamic terrorists\u2014were killed in a bomb
\nattack on a Mosque near Borno market. May 31: Four people were killed at
\nGamboru market in Maiduguri. June 2: 17 people were killed at Maiduguri
\nAbattoir. June 3: Four people were killed in an attack on mechanical
\nworkshop on Baga Road, Maiduguri. June 4: A female suicide bomber killed
\ntwo near a military checkpoint in Maiduguri. June 5: 40 people were killed
\nin a suicide attack on Jimeta Night Market, Adamawa State. June 7: 3
\npeople were killed in a suicide attack on Baga\/Monguno Highway. June 11:
\n37 people were killed in separate attacks on six villages in Borno State.
\nJune 15: Twin suicide bomb attacks killed 11 persons in Potiskum, Yobe
\nState. June 17: Accidental explosion killed 15 persons in Monguno. June
\n22: 8 people were killed in twin suicide attacks on Baga Fish Market,
\nMaiduguri. June 23: 15 people were killed in suicide bomb attack on
\nNannawaji Village, Gujba Council of Borno State. June 23: 20 people were
\nkilled in an attack on Debiro, headquarters of Hawul Council of Borno
\nState. June 27: 5 people were killed at a General Hospital in Molai, Borno
\nState. June 30: 48 people were killed in Mussaram I and Mussaram II, near
\nMonguno. July 1: 98 people were killed in Kukawa Village. July 2: 11
\npeople were killed at Malari village along Bama\/Konduga highway. July 3:
\n29 people were killed in Mussa Village, Askira-Uba Council of Borno State.
\nJuly 5: 51 people were killed in a bomb explosion in a church in Jos, the
\nPlateau State capital. July 7: 26 people were killed in a bomb blast in
\nZaria, Kaduna State. July 12: A bomb scared worshippers at the ECWA
\n\u201cchurch\u201d in Tundunwada area of Jos, Plateau state. A package that looked
\nlike a bomb, found in the church\u2019s toilet, exploded, creating fears and
\npanic of a possible Boko Haram attack. July 12: Boko Haram killed 11
\npeople in Yobe, and took over the highway in Damat. July 13: At least 43
\npeople were killed in attacks by Boko Haram in a remote region in the
\ncountry’s northeast, according to police and residents. The attacks
\nhappened Friday on the villages of Kalwa, Misala and Gwollam and people
\nwere either shot dead or stabbed, said Aderemi Opadokun, Borno state
\npolice commissioner. July 13: Two bombs planted by suspected Boko Haram
\nfighters went off at a bar in a northern town in Cameroon, killing at
\nleast 14 people. Col. Didier Badjeck said three Chadian soldiers were
\namong those killed in Fotokol, a town on the border with Nigeria’s Borno
\nstate. He said no Cameroonian soldiers were hurt. Resident Abdoulaziz
\nBambam said the death toll may rise because more bodies were being
\nrecovered. July 14: Boko Haram gunmen killed dozens of people in four
\nvillages in northeast Nigeria, slitting some residents\u2019 throats and
\nopening fire on others. \u201cBoko Haram gunmen came into our villages at
\nnight, killing 43 people,\u201d said Sheriff Kulo, from Kilwa village near
\nMonguno, who escaped to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. July 17:
\nMultiple suicide bombs planted by Boko Haram killed 64 people in the
\nnorth-eastern Nigeria.<\/p>\n

These are just a few of the figures which I was able to document\u2014never the
\nwhole figures. As I write, Boko Haram is still killing innocent people in
\nthe northeastern Nigeria and Buhari\u2019s government is simply doing nothing
\nabout this.\u00a0 They aim ultimately at\u2014if possible\u2014wiping out the entire
\n\u201cChristians\u201d from the country\u2014of course when I say \u201cChristians\u201d I\u2019m
\nreferring to Protestantism, a false Christianity which offends God, as
\nthere is hardly true Catholicism here\u2014to destroy western democracy and
\nestablish an Islamic caliphate, and to Islamise the whole nation
\nthereafter.\u00a0 As Shekau himself puts it:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not stop until our aim is achieved; so everyone that calls
\nhimself a Muslim should stop obeying the constitution, should leave
\ndemocracy, should stay away from western education. We are the bombers of
\nNyanya; yes we are the bombers; if you really want to know who did it, let
\nme tell you now; it was Shekau that did it\u201d.<\/p>\n

Chuckling and tapping his chest, he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is me, Abubakar Shekau whose turban you don\u2019t like seeing; whose
\narmoured shirt you so much hate; this is my usual gun with which I kill.
\nGet more annoyed, because I am still here; yes, I am the Shekau that does
\nnot like Christians, and I don\u2019t like Muslims that relate with Christians.
\nWe have been commanded by Allah not to associate with infidels because
\nthey cannot be trusted until they accept your religion. So you cannot say
\nyou are a believer and then you go and follow democracy; we cannot allow
\nyou to ridicule the religion of God; never! …I am not afraid of death;
\nand I pray that God should let me be killed by an unbeliever so that I can
\ngain His paradise. We don\u2019t love this sinful world of yours; we want to
\ndie and go to the presence of Him who created everyone so that we can
\nenjoy ourselves. Yes. I am the dreaded Shekau; the one even Obama fears;
\nnot even Obama, even if Pharaoh were alive today he would reckon with me
\n(laughing). To hell with the United Nations! To hell with Ban ki Moon! To
\nhell with Obama! Yes. We did the bombing in Nyanya; we did it.\u201d<\/p>\n

See his late last year speech here: http:\/\/www.osundefender.org\/?p=159816<\/a><\/p>\n

Shekau\u2019s activities we find well written in the Quran:<\/p>\n

\u201cO you who believe! Fight those of disbelievers who are close to you, and
\nlet them find hardness in you; and know that Allah is with those who are
\nAl-Muttaqun (the pious)\u201d (Sura 9: verse 123) Again: \u201cSlay the idolaters
\nwherever you find them. Arrest them, besiege them, and lie in ambush
\neverywhere for them.\u201d (Sura 9:5), etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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