El-Rufai is Boko Haram Commander
From all indications, we will soon catch all those
sponsoring Boko Haram and causing us pains as
some of those who should know are beginning to
open up. Speaking to Vanguard Thursday, Former
Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Ihejirika exposed
former minister of the FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, as the
chief and influential commander of Boko Haram.
�The (commanders), including El-Rufai, know
where the problem is,� Ihejirika told Vanguard.
�He should stop deceiving Nigerians by trying to
divert attention�.
�The likes of El-Rufai have been supporting Boko
Haram. In fact, El-Rufai and his likes are the
same group of people that ensured the army did
not to get the requested equipment to deal with
this menace once and for all, as they used their
cohorts to tell the government that procuring
modern equipment were not necessary.�
The former Army Chief said that El-Rufai and
others allegedly green-lighted Boko Haram�s
activities and attempted to divert concern from
the atrocities of the sect. �When the Boko
Haram operation started, supporters of the sect
like El-Rufai said that there was nothing like Boko
Haram and that the army was just killing innocent
youths,� he said, furthering, �El-Rufai said that
I was re-inventing the killing of the Ibos during
the Biafra war following government�s
determination to rid the country of terrorism.�
Iherjirika also says that he was the first person to
declare that the country was dealing with a war
situation, but El-Rufai and others allegedly denied
the gravity of the situation, disagreeing with his
judgment. This move, the General says, gave Boko
Haram time to regroup and redevelop.
�It is the same group of El-Rufai that started the
human right abuses campaign. It was done in
order to block any international assistance after
the state of emergency was declared and the sect
was initially tamed. That gave Boko Haram time
and respite to build up again�.
Ihejirika also alleged that El-Rufai and others are
further involved with Boko Haram and its
operations, but that he could not yet disclose that
information.
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