Why we bombed Kano – Boko Haram

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Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, has given reasons for its multiple attacks in Kano on Friday.

Nearly 200 persons died in the attacks.

The group’s spokesperson, Abul Qaqa, told journalists in a telephone interview on Sunday, that the group struck the city in order to prove its worth to security agencies and Kano State Government.

The spokesman stated that the security and the Kano State Government refused to heed to its warning that it would attack the state if its members held in custody were not released.

Qaqa further said that the group would not t relent in fighting for the rights of their members, many of whom he said were innocently held. He added that Nigerian government would continue to pay for alleged continued oppression and killing of innocent Muslims in the country.

He said, “We are only scared of Allah but no one. We must regain our faith and freedom soon. No amount of propaganda against us will deter us. We are guided and strengthen by Allah as you can see.”

Boko Haram, whose real name is Jama’atu Ahlisunnah Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, had in a letter to the Kano State Governor, Dr. Rabi’u Kwankwaso, in August warned that it would attack the city if the State Security Service continued hunting its members.

The letter was also copied to the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero; Wamban Kano, Alhaji Abbas Sunusi; and Dan Masanin Kano, Alhaji Yusuf Sule.

The dreaded group warned in the letter that it would deploy its men in the state and made it worse than Maiduguri if its members held in custody were not released.

The group also stated in the letter that it sent a similar open letter to the late President Umar Yar’adua, security chiefs and the people of Borno State. It stated that the its warning was taken as a joke.

It alleged that its members were unjustly killed in Bauchi, Wudil, Gombe, Yobe and Maiduguri for sticking to the teachings of Quar’an and Hadith.

The letter read in part, “… It have (sic)come our notice that the present Police Commissioner, Director State Security Service and Ward Heads have jointly started arresting our members IN YOUR STATE (KANO) known to you or not, a situation which we will not take lightly by the grace of ALLAH.”