Reacting to the recent video clip released by the leader of
Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, Muslim scholars (Ulama) in the country have
dared him to come out of hiding and face the nation’s security
apparatus if he is courageous enough.
This was even as the Ulama said the video clip featuring Shekau was
evident that the Federal Government’s fight against the insurgents has
failed.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, the secretary-general of the
Supreme Council for Shar’ah in Nigeria (SCSN), Nafi’u Baba Ahmad
reminded President Muhammadu Buhari of the campaign promise he made in
2015 to end Boko Haram insurgency, asking him to match words with
action.
The SCSN scribe said, “few days ago, Nigerians were rudely shocked by
the release of a video clip by the leader of the Boko Haram (BH), in
which he confessed to the killing of a founding member of this council,
Sheikh Ja’afar Mahmud Adam and issued threats to another member of the
council who is also a serving minister.
“The release of the video clip itself is a sad indication of the
evident failure of the strategies and efforts of the government in
tackling the BH insurgency in particular and the myriad of equally
horrendous security threats bedeviling the country.
“The council observed that in the early years of this administration,
the insurgency has de-escalated to the barest minimum, which was
commendable, but of recent, due to obvious security lapses, the
insurgents are gradually gaining grounds, which is a sad development.
“The council viewed the threats expressed by Shekau as not only
directed at the honourable minister specifically mentioned but to the
whole congregation of the Ulama’, to silence the voices of Da’awah and
intimidate the Ulama’ as a whole. This has added another dimension to
the challenge of tackling the security threat posed by the senseless
deviant group, which has defied resolution, in spite of the
often-repeated assurances by the government to end the insurgency.
“The very latest in this dreadful and unfortunate calamity happened
just yesterday in Gwoza, where the Boko Haram bombed a mosque; all in
the name of Islam.
“Accordingly, the council has resolved that it is time to call off
Shekau’s bluff by challenging him to come out of hiding, accept a
muqaabalah (intellectual challenge) on their crooked aqeedah (religious
ideology) with the rest of the Ulama’ (Muslim scholars).
“Shekau should be bold enough to face the security forces, if he is truly the courageous leader of Boko Haram he claims to be.
“Shekau’s gleeful confession to the brutal murder of late Sheikh
Ja’afar Mahmud Adam revealed his clear ignorance of the teachings of
Islam, which he claims to champion. In Islam it is a meritorious act to
die as a martyr; and there are perhaps only a few examples, at least in
recent history, that equals the martyrdom of Sheikh Ja’afar Mahmud Adam,
who was killed in cold blood, reciting the shahada, while leading the
fajr (early morning) prayers on a Friday.
“The council wishes to call on the President and Commander-in-Chief
of Nigerian Armed Forces to note the unequivocal confession by the Boko
Haram leader on the gruesome murder of Sheikh Ja’afar Mahmud Adam in
2007 is not only a threat to Muslim communities and their scholars, but
is equally a threat to the entire nation for extending his threat to a
minister and the president of Nigeria.
“(The) president should recall his campaign promise which he
reiterated in his May 2015 inaugural address, to act decisively to crush
the Boko Haram insurgency and restore order, and to please listen to
the shrill cries of the victims and the loud appeals and pleas by
Nigerians to radically restructure the leadership of the security
agencies, examine alternative approaches and options in resolving the
current security challenges and call the service chiefs to account.
“The council would also like to convey condolences to the governors
and people of Borno, Yobe, Kaduna and Katsina states, on the most recent
horrendous loss of lives and property from the Boko Haram insurgents
and their related bandits, at Auno, Gwoza, Birnin Gwari, Giwa, and
Batsari.”
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