We Are Not Ghosts, We Talk To Northern Governors – Boko Haram

A faction of the notorious Boko Haram group has responded to President Jonathan’s allegations that they were faceless and would not receive amnesty, since amnesty cannot be given to ghosts. 

The group made the proclamation in a statement made by Sheikh Muhammad Abdul’aziz, and distributed to journalists in Maiduguri. The group said its members could not be ghosts as they have been in dialogue with the Borno State government and the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF). 

Abdul’aziz said: “As regards the statement by Mr. President that we are ghosts, let me say with due respect that we are not ghosts; we have sat with officials of the Borno StateGovernment and a delegation of Northern State Governors’ Forum on Peace and Reconciliation, headed by Air Vice Marshall Mukhtar Muhammad (rtd.).” 

Abdul’aziz also said the video clip on YouTube credited to Shekau, where he dissociatedthe group from the ceasefire and dialogue offer was fake. 

He said: “About a week ago, somebody who claimed to be leader of Jama’atul Ahlul Sunnah Lid-Da’waati Wal Jihad, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, appeared on You Tube and disclaimed peace process going on between the government of Borno State and the group. The purported Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, went further to say that he does not know Sheikh Mohammed Ibn Abdul’aziz. Let me state that the man who appeared on the said YouTube is not Sheikh Abubakar Shekau. The voice is not his and sheikh has never hidden his face. 

“Sheikh’s voice is heavily Kanuri accented. The man (in the video) is an impostor deliberately brought to the frontline by those opposed to the peace process. 

“I call on (Borno State) Governor Kashim Shettima, to disregard all those propaganda aimed at disrupting the peace process as we are ready and willing to continue to dialogue with government.  Follow @todaysgist

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