"The Armed Robber Boko Haram" now exists — Yuguda

BAUCHI State governor, Mallam Isa Yuguda, on Sunday, said it was unfortunate that some politicians and robbers now commit heinous crimes under the cover of Boko Haram.

This is just as he said it was a good thing that the Federal Government set up a committee on amnesty for Boko Haram members, lamenting, however, that some people hid under the guise of the Islamic sect to commit atrocities.

Governor Yuguda, who spoke in an interview with the Hausa Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) monitored in Kaduna, said “didn’t I tell you that there is political Boko Haram? It is the para-military arm of some politicians and Allah will punish all the politicians that are doing this.

Those using our children, giving them drugs to commit heinous acts, they are the political Boko Haram.”

According to the governor, “there is also the armed robber Boko Haram. These are those who rob people with arms and now are hiding under the cover of Boko Haram. They (Boko Haram members) are talking about religion, not to rob with arms or to be given N2,000 to go and kill someone. Just to give one boy N2,000 and ask him to go and kill Yuguda.”

Reacting to the rejection of the offer of amnesty by a leader of the sect, Shekau, the governor said he was yet to be convinced that it was actually Shekau who spoke in the video. - Tribune