Leader Of Boko Haram Faction In Official
Talks With The Nigerian Gov't Claims
Responsibility For Deadly Kano Bombings,
Says Abubakar Shekau Still Alive
By SaharaReporters
A leader of the Boko haram faction that
has been in negotiations with the Nigerian
government appointed "Amnesty
Committee " headed by a government
minister yesterday declared that his team
carried out the deadly Kano bombings that
killed over 40 people in the Sabo-Gari area
of the Kano.
The new leader, Mohammed Marwana
released an audio message obtained by
Saharareporters. Mr. Marwana's assertions
in the audio yesterday added a new twist
to the controversy surrounding the
authenticity of the faction of the islamist
militant group in talks with the federal
government and recent claims that the old
leader of the groups was deposedafter he
was shot.
Speaking in Hausa language, Marwana said
the Kano bombingswas carried out to
prove that he is the authentic leader of the
sect because people continue to doubthim
and his group of negotiators.
“I personally instructed the attack in Kano
to prove to the world that,I am the real
leader of Boko Haram because there have
been retrogressive forces on the issue of
dialogue, who kept doubting my leadership
in the sect. I told them ahead that there
will be attack, and it has happened. It is
awarning, and we need to say again that
we carried out the attacks in Kano”, he
said.
The man who claimed to have been
appointed leader of the sect debunked
speculations that the globally known leader
of the sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau is
dead. Marwana stated that Shekau is alive
and that nothing has happened to him
except that he lost leadership of the sect.
Speaking further in the audio message, he
stated, “Shekau is alive contrary to
speculations, except that he lost leadership
of the sect. I will not tell you where he is,
but he is alive, and we talked with him not
up to three hours ago, except if he died
whileI am talking.”
There has been controversy regarding
authenticity of Marwana as a member of
the sect and its leadership, as he was
recently dismissed by Imam Shekau in a
Youtube video after he claimed that the
sect had agreed to cease-fire with Nigerian
government.
Other credible sources in the know about
Boko Haram activitiesin Borno and Yobe
States expressed doubts over
Marwana'sclaim to leadership of the sect.
In separate interiews, our sources
described Marwana as a stage-managed
Boko Haram figure created by government
officials to siphon off millions of dollars
designated for ending.

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