Shocking as it may sound, the terror group
and their leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau,
who is currently hiding away in Qoundere,
Cameroun dropped this bombshell leaving
Nigeria last Wednesday.
On the agreement with the Northern
governors and the recent attacks, “the reason
for Kano and Bauchi states attacks a few
days ago were hinged on failed promises by
the State governors of the two states”.
The entire northern governors have ongoing
relationships with the group. Most of them
pay us monthly to leave their states alone. .
Kano
Former ANPP governor agreed “in late 2004
for an initial monthly disbursement of
N5million, which was later bumped up to
N10million in 2009. This includes provision of
institutional infrastructural support through
the Hisbah (Islam police) project which
received yearly budgetary allocation of
N1.01billion.
The new Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso
stopped the money and the funding of the
‘Islam Police’.
“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”.
Boko Haram leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau
gave a go-ahead-order to the attack before
leaving for cameroon last Wednesday and
estimated number of casualties was
calculated to net 300 minimum.
Bauchi
The agreement was made in 2008, “A
monthly disbursement of N10million,
provision of training grounds on the many
mountains scattered in Bauchi State. There
was also promise of security against arrests
by the Federal Government. Bauchi governor
stopped the monthly fund in mid 2011, Boko
Haram source claimed that “they were not
happy but remained loyal to the agreement
because of the unfettered access to the
mountains of Bauchi as training camps”.
The Terrorist group claimed that the northern
governors are overwhelmed about the
strength of group. “They are aware of
capabilities of the Boko Haram operatives in
their respective states”. Some of the State
government officials visit their training
camps to watch the training exercises. “We
train harder than the Nigerian military and
they see it”.
Nigerians should have known better!
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