Sheikh
Muhammad Mahmoud Turi, Leader of El-Zakzaky Muslim Sect in Kano, on Thursday
declared that there is no way the Federal Government can exonerate itself from
the activities of the Boko Haram sect.
The
sect leader said the consistent operation of the sect in the Northeast and
other parts of the North indicated that government and its agencies have a hand
in its activities.
Sheikh
Mahmoud, who spoke to reporters at NUJ Press Centre, also said his people would
commence a six-day mass trekking ritual from Kano to Zaria starting from
Sunday, December 7, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, a freedom
fighter.
“It is
an open secret that the present government cannot exonerate itself from all
these mayhem that is happening in the country. It is so obvious that whatever
may be the reason, nobody in the country can tell us that the government is not
aware or has no hand in what is happening, the government is fully responsible
and there is no doubt about it.
“If
one is saying that government is not Boko Haram, how did the soldiers get guns
and killed us in Zaria? Are they not the Boko Haram? Who killed the three sons
of our national leader in broad day light in Zaria? The soldiers killed our
people. Those children were university students and Boko Haram means education
is sin, then the soldiers killed them for nothing sake! The soldiers are the
Boko Haram.
“I
cannot agree with the vice president or any other person who made such a
presentation that the government can be exonerated from the activities of Boko
Haram. Nobody anywhere in Nigeria can agree to that—except if that person is
either afraid or he is a politician. You can never exonerate or separate the
government from Boko Haram,” he stated.
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