‘Boko Haram’ leaflets criticizing Shekau surface in Adamawa
A purported breakaway faction of the Boko Haram militants have reportedly dropped leaflets in some towns in Adamawa state containing renunciation of violence and condemnation of the group’s leadership. Some residents of Song and Gombi where the leaflets are circulating alleged that they were dropped by a helicopter which hovered around their skies on Thursday. […]
A purported breakaway faction of the Boko Haram militants have reportedly dropped leaflets in some towns in Adamawa state containing renunciation of violence and condemnation of the group’s leadership.
Some residents of Song and Gombi where the leaflets are circulating alleged that they were dropped by a helicopter which hovered around their skies on Thursday.
Gombi was recently recaptured by the Nigerian army from Boko Haram insurgents.
“A helicopter flew over when we saw flyers falling from the sky. We rushed to pick them and found out they contained message from Boko Haram written in Arabic, Hausa and English. I read the one in Hausa in which the writers expressed regret over the senseless killings,” a resident of Gombi, Adamu Yau said.
A resident of Song also claimed that several copies of the documents were dropped from the sky, prompting suspicion about the authors.
Our correspondent report that the message in the flyers which were signed by three people bearing the names of towns; Gamboru, Damask and Alagamo were full of remorse for the group’s atrocities.
“The Holy Quran in Surah 8:61 taught us that Islam is a religion of peace, the conditions for jihad is clearly stated in chapter 2:100. The Quran further taught us in Surah 6:151 that we should not kill any innocent persons for Allah has made life sacred”, the leaflet read.
The statement therefore regretted that the group which started with peaceful preaching has turned violent, killing Christians and Muslims and burning property while the leadership make benefit from looted property.
“We started on the right path through preaching. Today, we have burnt all the villages and killed people that are not of the same faith with us. We have also chased them out of their homes. We are now killing fellow Muslims in contradiction to Surah 4: 29-30 and in defiance to the instruction of Allah,” it further read.
“Brothers it is time for us to rethink our actions and stop the aimless destructions and wanton killings under the disguise of religion and jihad,” it added.