According to the so called Yusifiyya Movement, also known as Boko Haram, said it
attacked the United Nations (UN) building in Abuja because United
States and the United Nations are supporting the Federal Government to
persecute Muslims in Nigeria.
Speaking for the group, Abu Kakah, states the sect considered the US, the UN and the Nigerian
government as common enemies and would continue to attack them because
they are infringing on the rights of the Muslims.
He accused the Federal Government of insincerity in dialoguing with
Boko Haram, saying the only condition they would accept to talk with
government was unconditional release of all their members whom, he said,
are in prisons all over the country.
When asked why they carried out attacks in the month of Ramadan, the
spokesman said those condemning the sect are ignorant of Islam. He
pointed out that Ramadan did not forbid them to fight “a just cause.”
The group also claimed responsibility for last week’s failed suicide
attack on Borno police command headquarters and the attack on banks in
Gombi, Adamawa State which left more than 16 people dead.
According to him, details of Boko Haram suicide bombings would be
made known at a later date.
Kakah warned that attack on Kano was imminent if the state government
and the city’s emirate council did not stop what it described as the
persecution of their members.
According to him, Boko Haram was yet to be contacted by Borno State
and Federal Government or their representatives for dialogue.
The spokesman described the Sultan as the Seriki of Sokoto and not
the leader of the Muslims in the country, accusing him of supporting the
Federal Government policies against Islam.
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