Bomb blast kills 3 in Borno •14 injured •We won’t respect constitution – Boko Haram

Posted by admin Borno, Latest Politics, State News Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

NO fewer than three people were confirmed dead while 14 others were seriously injured, when unknown persons threw a locally made bomb into some beer joints on Sunday, at about

8.30 p.m., in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mike E. Zuokumor, addressing newsmen on Monday in his office, said that in the incident at Tudu, a beer joint in Maduganari, those who threw the bomb which killed a police corporal and two others, came on a motorbike.

According to the police commissioner, terrorists had specific targets but the killings in Borno did not indicate whether the people behind them had some targets they were following or were only killing people for the sake of it.

He said the same group went and threw a bomb at the policemen at Kasuwan Shanu area of Custom, but there was no casualty, adding that the police would come out to deal with violent crimes in the state to ensure the protection of life and property of innocent citizens.

Speaking on today’s governorship and House of Assembly elections, the commissioner said that over 10,000 policemen had been deployed for the exercise and that as from 10.00 p.m. yesterday till 9.00 p.m. today, there would be restriction of movement in other to ensure that people go out to cast their votes without harassment.

The commissioner said there should be no movement, particularly of motorcycles during the election as anyone seen riding a motorcycle during the election would be arrested by the police.

He also warned political thugs that anyone found to be disrupting the election process would be dealt with.

Meanwhile, the Boko Haram sect has reiterated its determination to establish Sharia Law in Nigeria by waging a Jihad in the North based on the traditions of the Holy Prophet Mohammed. The sect condemned the present system of government that does not conform to Islam.

The establishment of Sharia law based on the teachings of Islam was made and contained in a Hausa letter posted on the Internet on Sunday, by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Muhammadu Abubakar Shekau.

On the planned Jihad, the letter reads in part: “We want to reiterate that we are warriors who are carrying out Jihad in Nigeria and our cause is based on the traditions of the Holy Prophet. We would never believe any system of government apart from the one agreed by Islam, because we believe that it is the only way that can liberate the Muslims.

“We do not believe in any system of government, be it traditional or orthodox. That is why we are fighting against democracy, capitalism, socialism and the rest. We would not allow the Nigerian Constitution to replace the provisions of the Holy Qur’an; we would not allow adulterated conventional education (Boko) to replace Islamic teachings.

“We would not respect the Nigerian government because it is illegal. We would continue to fight its military and the police because they are not protecting Islam. We do not believe in the Nigerian judicial system and we would fight anybody who assists the government in perpetrating illegalities.”

On the serial killings of traditional and religious leaders, the police and soldiers by the Islamic sect members, Shekau said: “All the people that we are killing, including ward heads, politicians, the police and the army have erred, because they are associating themselves with the government in its effort to arrest our Muslim brothers and sabotaging Islam.

“We want to make it clear that we are fighting not just because our mosque and centre of learning were destroyed, or because our wealth has been seized, or because we were chased out of our houses. No, that is not the reason. The reason why we are fighting is because our freedom was curtailed.”

Shekau further explained that: “From time immemorial, we have been advocating freedom of worship and assembly and the need for everybody to believe in Allah. What we have been saying was that people should jettison modern democracy and embrace Islam as their religion.

“It was while we were propagating Islam that that the federal and the state governments connived with some Imams and ward heads and attacked us in many states, including Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano.”

This was why Shekau said the Boko Haram sect would continue to fight, until Islam is well established and the Muslims regain their freedom all over the country.

On whether an amnesty was required to bring an end to the serial attacks and killings, the letter said “we would never be ready to compromise and we don’t need any amnesty. The only solution to what is happening is for the government to repent, jettison democracy and embrace Islam, drop the constitution and adopt the laws in the holy Qur’an.

-Tribune

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