Muslims Against Terror Rejects Amnesty For Boko Haram

An Islamic group, Muslims Against Terror has warned the Federal Government that granting Boko Haram amnesty would plunge the country into more security crises.

The group said it was disturbed that president Goodluck Jonathan could fall for the perpetrators of insecurity in the country by deciding to grant amnesty to Boko Haram despite warnings from the group and other well-meaning Nigerians.

In a statement signed by Brother Isa Ibrahim, the group recalled that it had early this year sent a message to President Jonathan warning that the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, must be made to face the Shariah judgement for his role in the killing of innocent Nigerians.

The statement said further that encouraging amnesty at every given opportunity could turn the country to another Rwanda which had been ravaged by war.

“The so-called Northern Elders impressed it upon you to offer a so-called amnesty to this cult and you fell for it. Wallahi, you all are misled and can only be doing this for personal gain, to win elections and not for the peace and progress of Nigeria.

“You cannot do another wrong to attempt to repair the series of wrongs of Nigerian governance. A so-called amnesty for Boko Haram cult, JAMBS (Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan) or any other terror group or affiliate is another dangerous wrong to compound a history of terrible wrongs and failures by your government and the governments before you that got us here in the first place,” the group warned President Jonathan.

The group said using seeing money as solution to every problem is what the government is doing by granting amnesty at every chance, adding that the president would be judged by his level of squandering in the guise of fighting crime. The group noted that terrorism across the country was caused by the failure of governance.

The group warned further: “if you and the so-called northern elders continue such grave failure simply to win elections, by the grace of the Almighty, you will be surprised and shocked that, insha Allah, the people will rise against you this time, and no amount of money you pay for votes will allow any of you to remain in leadership, both as elected officials and as traditional leaders, because the blood of innocent Nigerians and your violation of the tenets of God as written in the Torah, the Bible and Quran, to mete out justice on the murderers of us masses, will bring your woe.”

Muslims Against Terror quoted verses from the Holy Bible and the Holy Quran to drive home their point that whoever killed should himself be killed, adding that God’s message on justice for the oppressed was clear as this would help to discourage future perpetration of barbarism among men.

According to the group, it will be very heartless for the president to abandon the victims of the Boko Haram attacks simply because he wanted to gain political favour from the Northern elites.
“We have hunted Boko Haram. We put a reward on the head of Abubakar Shekau. Our brothers have died in the hunt for these cultists and our soldiers have died, innocent people have died.

“It is our right that justice must be meted upon these deviants according to Shariah.
“Boko Haram (members) themselves do not ask for amnesty, because they know that this is haram. So who is asking?” the group wondered, adding that it was sure those asking had a lot to hide just like the president trying to force the amnesty down the throats of the members who have rejected it.