in Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim Datti Ahmed is the only man who can stop Boko
Haram hostilities, a Muslim organisation has revealed.
In a passionate letter of appealto Ahmed, published by Daily Trust
newspaper, the Muslim group called on the highly respected Northern
leader to "call off the Boko Haram beasts," adding that the Islamists
have done nothing tofurther Ahmed's objectives andhis Sharia plan for
Nigeria.
"Enough is enough. Boko Haram has done nothing to further your
objectives and your Sharia plan for Nigeria. Indeed, Boko Haram with
their devillish tactics have only painted our noble Deen in bad
light," the group wrote.
It recalled that Ahmed foundedthe Supreme Council for Sharia in
Nigeria with the noble aim of implementing the Sharia Law while
nothing that it has been implemented to a great extent in some
Northern states, without shedding bloodor killing innocent people.
According to the Muslims, before the advent of Boko Haram, the North
was reportedeven in foreign editorials as "the best states for doing
business in Nigeria" because of the peace existing in the states then.
The group noted with regret that since the menace of Boko Haram, with
their killings, maiming and arson, they have frustrated Christians and
Muslims from doing business in the North and they have turned the
entire North to a hell on earth.
The Muslims said that Ahmed who has friends across Nigeriaincluding
Christians like formerPresident Olusegun Obasanjo, will not be happy
to see Boko Haram slaughter any of his friends.
They quoted a letter written bycolumnist Bala Muhammad published in
the Saturday Weekly Trust of 05 May, 2012, "you have spoken. And
Nigeria has heard you. Indeed, you have every right to be angry and
frustrated. Your single-minded initiative to intervene in this ongoing
national calamity was unprecedented."
Muhammad recalled that some years back, a former Nigerian president
said this of Ahmed: "Is it the same Dr. I. D. Ahmed that I know? That
brilliant University of Ibadan-trained medical doctor, one of the
North's first? The Dr. Ahmed I know to be a core nationalist and
patriot? What got into himto become a religious fanatic?"He
acknowledge Ahmed as a Muslim leader who cannot be bribed or
compromised.
Quoting several religious activities and utterances of Ahmed that made
him a trustworthy Muslim leader, the group wrote: "please, we
Nigerians, we Muslims, we beg you, call off Boko Haram."
Meanwhile, the Leadership newspaper has reported the readiness of Boko
Haram members to cease fire on two conditions after years of frequent
bomb attacks on security formations, religious houses and killings of
innocentcitizens within the northern states.
The group has named the president of the Supreme Council for Sharia in
Nigeria, Sheik Ahmed Datti, as their mediator. It said the choice of
Datti was based on the fact that its former leader, the late Mohammed
Yusuf, served as a member that represented Borno State in the council
of Sharia in Nigeria, and that the cleric could be trusted not to
betray the confidence reposed in him to speak for the Boko Haram sect,
a source close to the group told LEADERSHIP yesterday.
The source added that Boko Haram was ever ready to stop the bombings
in the next four weeks only if the Federal Government would release
all its arrested members as well as guarantee the security and safety
of all members whose names would be given to the federal government
through Datti.
The source said: "What the boko haram sect is asking the Federal
Government now is to give them the assurance that once they come to
the public after the hostilities, their safetyand security would be
guaranteed.
"The sect members have also agreed that once the two conditions are
met, within fourweeks, they will put an end to the hostilities. I am
afraid, the members of the Boko Haram sect may resume to more action
should the Federal Government fail to heed the conditions"
—Moyo Fabiyi
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