Religious WAR Looms As as Militants Reply Boko Haram, vow to kill Muslims, Burn Mosques

A Niger Delta militant group, has vowed to retaliate any attack on Christians and churches in the country by Boko Haram insurgents.

The group,Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, NDRC, was reacting to the threat issued by the new leader of the violent Islamist group, Abu Masab el-Barnawi, to kill Christians and burn down churches.

The NDRC, in a statement issued on Saturday,  and signed by WOI Izon-Ebi, said: “We want to alert Nigerians and the world that the Islamization plot has been proven by the Boko Haram new leader Abu Masab el Barnawi that their new mission is to kill all Christians and burn down all churches.

“But, we want to warn them that we, the Niger Delta youths, in this 21st century will not accept killing of innocent Christians or burning of churches. That if they try it in the north or any part of Nigeria, we the Niger Delta youths will not see any Muslim or mosque in the Niger Delta.”

The group further said: “We are not against President Buhari granting the Boko Haram amnesty if their sole purpose is to own an Islamic caliphate in the north, but they should not shift it to the Niger Delta.

“All we know and want is resource control and true federalism, if truly they believe in one Nigeria, and are working harder to build a prosperous One Nigeria, let them shift their Operation Crocodile Tears to the Fulani herdsmen and the Boko Haram that is threatening the unity and peace of Nigeria”.

The militant group also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to demonstrate leadership just the way former President Goodluck Jonathan did by visiting him {Buhari} to assure him that he was not part of the planned declaration of the Niger Delta Republic.

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'DEFEATED' Boko Haram Gets New Leader Named By ISIS

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Despite claims by Nigerian military that it has defeated the dreaded Islamic sect, the Boko Haram, the Islamic State Jihadist group, ISIS, has announced a change of leadership in the sect inflicting deadly havoc in some West African state sub-region, Nigeria prominent.

The terrorist group said the leadership for its West African branch, Boko Haram, has been adjusted, BBC is reporting.

According to BBC, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, who was previously spokesman for the Nigerian-based Islamists, is featured in the latest issue of an IS magazine.

It does not say what has become of the group's former leader Abubakar Shekau.

He was last heard from in an audio message last August, saying he was alive and had not been replaced - an IS video released in April said the same.

Boko Haram, which has lost most of the territory it controlled 18 months ago, is fighting to overthrow Nigeria's government.

Its seven-year insurgency has left 20,000 people dead, mainly in the country's north-east.

In the interview in IS's weekly Arabic magazine al-Naba, Mr Barnawi said his group "remained a force to be reckoned with" and said it had been drawing new recruits.

He described the group's battle against West African states as a war fought by Muslims against "apostates" and "crusaders".

Who is Abu Musab al-Barnawi?

• Little is known about Abu Mus'ab al-Barnawi, who appeared in a Boko Haram video in January 2015 as the group's spokesman
• He wore a turban and his face was blurred out and it was filmed as a sit-down studio interview
• Unlike Abubakar Shekau his delivery in the Hausa language was considered and softly spoken
• Mr Shekau was often filmed in the open, surrounded by fighters, loudly proclaiming his threats, victories and giving rambling ideological lectures
• However, Mr Barnawi pulled no punches, warning that towns which resisted Boko Haram in its mission to create an Islamic state would be flattened
• He also spoke of being against democracy and foreign education
• In his most recent magazine interview, he again objected to the name Boko Haram, by which local people call the group, as it means "Western education is forbidden" in Hausa
• He maintained IS was still strong in the region and promised to continue fighting West African governments.

Mr Shekau took over as the group's leader after its founder, Muhammad Yusuf, died in Nigerian police custody in July 2009.

Under his leadership Boko Haram became more radical, carried out more killings and swore allegiance to IS in March 2015.

In numerous videos, Mr Shekau taunted the Nigerian authorities, celebrating the group's violent acts including the abduction of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls in April 2014.

Nigeria's army has claimed to have killed him on several occasions, and he has not appeared in a video since joining IS.

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WANTED Boko Haram Kingpin, 5 Others, ARRESTED In Festac Town Lagos Church

A suspected senior member of the Boko Haram sect wanted by the Military has been arrested in a Lagos Church. Also arrested were five suspects picked in different parts of the state.

The suspects were arrested by a local vigilance group, civilian Joint Task Force (JTF). Daily Sun gathered that

the suspects’ identities allegedly matched those on the list of 100 most wanted terrorists released by the military recently.

Head of the vigilance group, the Mai- Kanuribe of Lagos and the Seriki Hausawa of Ijora, Alhaji

Mustapha Mohammed, at a press conference yesterday said five of the suspects were arrested last Friday.

He said the sixth and most wanted suspect Adam, was arrested recently in a church in FESTAC town, where he was hiding.

According to him, the suspect was hiding inside an abandoned 40 ft container in the church’s premises.

He said the other five suspects are Ibrahim Ali, Abubakar Ahmed, Goigoi Kamsalem, Ibrahim Mohammed and Banagana Blam Ali.

He said while Ahmed, Kamsalem and Mohammed hail from Baga Local Government Area of Bornu State, Ali and Blam hails from Bama and Kanduga Local Governments respectively. He noted that Ali and Blam were arrested in their hideouts at Isheri area of Berger toll gate.

Ahmed, Kamsalem and Mohammed were arrested in Victoria Island area of the metropolis. He said the suspects were being returned to Bornu where they are wanted by the military. “Adam is one of the most wanted Boko Haram member on the wanted list of the military. We got intelligence report that Adam was hiding inside an abandoned 40ft container in a church premises. It was the security man attached to the church that hid him inside the container.

“When we arrived the church premises, the security man attached to the church was not around. The container was locked from the outside with a padlock. “The Pastor of the church was embarrassed to see us, but by

the time we explained our mission to him, he in company with others gave us the go ahead. When we opened the container, Adam was found. As soon as the pastor sighted the suspect, he started singing praises,” he said. He said the group is determined to protect Lagos from the carnage of the Boko Haram sect. Mohammed, who hails from Borno State, pointed out that  Lagos is home to many nationalities, adding that he has invested

and contributed to the development of the state since 1970 when he arrived the state. He disclosed that his group, which members are in the 27 local governments of the state, had commenced operation in the state since 2011.

He said his group has resolved that the sect would not be allowed to cause havoc in the state. He revealed that several suspects arrested in the past by his group were either handed over to the Department of State Security Service (DSS), or the police.

He disclosed that some of the suspects who are on the wanted list were transferred to Maiduguri for further investigation and prosecution.

He said he is personally financing the activities of the group, and appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for logistic support.

The Sun

Buhari Escapes Assassination As Boko Haram Infiltrates Presidential Guards, Plants A Spy, Culprit Arrested

President Muhammadu Buhari may have been luckily escaped assassination as the dreaded Islamic sect, the Boko Haram reportedly infiltrated Presidential security details as one Corporal Hassan Aminu, with a powerful link to the leader of the Ansaru Islamic Sect, Khalid Albarnawi, second in command to Abubakar Shekau in the hierarchy has been arrested.

The arrest according to FrontierNews has forced the Presidency to completely overhauled the Presidential security apparatus and personnel 

Investigations revealed that security operatives arrested corporal Hassan Aminu, following a high-level intelligence report, in Abuja, FrontierNews says.

The suspect, until his arrest was a key member of the Presidential bodyguard, FrontierNews reports

He is said to be linked to the leader of the Ansaru Islamic Sect, Khalid Albarnawi, second in command to Abubakar Shekau in the hierarchy of the dreaded Boko Haram Sect, .

Albanawi was arrested in April 2016, in Kogi state by a combined effort of security agencies in the country.

A top security source who spoke to our source, on the condition of anonymity said “God was just on our side. If he had killed the president what would we have told Nigerians,” the source who spoke to our correspondent, on the condition of anonymity said.

The source stated further that “following the arrest, the NSA’s office along with other security chiefs have taken it as a point of duty to ensure that security agents serving in the presidential guard are documented in details to avoid any ugly situation”.

The armed forces, police and the department of state security service formed the core from which bodyguards to the president were selected.

“It is not just any security agent that will henceforth serve as presidential body guard. We have taken time to know the family background and social influence of any security operative serving in the presidential Villa because you cannot know those who are sympathetic toward the cause of Boko Haram in the security structure” the source said.

Following the arrest of Aminu, it was learnt that all the security personnel serving in the Presidential security are been properly documented to guard against the infiltration of the ranks by any potential terrorists.

As at Monday, the biomentric capture of all the security operatives comprising personnel of Department of State Security (DSS), police, military personnels as well as those in other security arms had commenced in the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).

DISCOVERED, Boko Haram`s `juju book` Used to Cham Victims

A book believed to be 'juju book', a spiritual book used to hypnotize their victims has been discovered by The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) Borno.

The corps made this disclosure to News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Sunday

The Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Mr Ibrahim Abdullahi, disclosed this in Maiduguri in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Abdullahi said that the book, written in Arabic, was discovered during an operation by men of the command at an abandoned house in Dikwa Local Government Area of the state.

It is sad that many innocent souls had been dragged into submitting to Boko Haram through spiritual indoctrination.

The book, named “Guduma`, was used by the insurgents as a powerful charm to indoctrinate followers into submitting to the dictates of leaders of the sect.

Our findings revealed that the book was also used in deceiving victims and members of the sect into believing that it could make them invisible and also offer protection against bullet shots and bombs.

The spiritual book was abandoned by ‘Boko Haram’ after the takeover of Dikwa from the insurgents, two years ago, “he said.

We'll SUPPORT Boko Haram If ... - MASSOB

Comrade Uchenna Madu, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), has stated that the movement will support the ruthless Islamic sect Boko Haram killing thousands of Nigerian in the northern part of the country should they have been clamouring for secession, New Telegraph reports

The MASSOB leader made the declaration while explaining the movement's rationale behind their support for the Niger Delta Avengers, declaring that MASSOB is not apologetic for its stand. 

Speaking to Sunday Telegraph yesterday Madu, said: “Beside the fact that your enemy’s enemy is naturally your friend, the Avengers have openly declared support for the Biafran struggle and for the release of Nnamdi Kalu.

They have a right to pursue whatever is their grouse against the Nigerian state and how they do it, is their choice. What we know is that we have found points of agreement with the group; our approaches may be different, but our pursuit for an independent identity is similar.” Madu explained that the Avengers have been consistent in their struggle and said he cared nothing about how the Niger Delta group chooses to fight their battles.

“Our conviction is that Nigeria as one nation is not accommodating every integral ethnic nationality and as such, is not working and cannot work. So we support anything that can accelerate the independence of oppressed ethnic nationalities in Nigeria. If the Niger Delta wants independence, let them get it because it contravenes no national or international law; if the Middle Belt wants their own sovereign state, let them get it; if the South West wants its own and is ready to fight for it, let them get it also. We will be ready to also support Boko Haram if they seek self-determination and not these cheap killings along ethno-religious lines.”

The MASSOB leader stressed that if a government chooses not to listen to peaceful agitation; it makes violent agitation attractive for other interest groups. Madu explained further: “Nigerians should not be surprised at the proliferation of militant agitations from across the country.

Common sense would suggest that ethnic agitations henceforth may be militant because people will reason that the road to non-violent agitation is long and slow and would rather settle for armed agitation and we will not blame any group for their methodology. But for us, we are non-violent and will remain non-violent. If they have refused to listen to us as peaceful as we have been, then let them listen to the Niger Delta Avengers and other aggrieved militant groups that will be forced into the struggle by the rampant injustice in the land.”

Ruthless Boko Haram Kills 32 Soldiers In Friday Night Attack

The notorious and ruthless sect group, Boko Haram has killed 30 Nigerien troops and two Nigerian soldiers in an attack on the troops on Friday night, Niger Republic defence ministry says.

It says “hundreds of assailants” attacked a military post in the south-eastern town of Bosso, on the Nigerian border, on Friday night.

A counter-attack on Saturday morning allowed government troops to retake all positions in Bosso, the ministry says.

It says there were several dead and injured “on the enemy’s side”.

Boko Haram has not commented on the Nigerien defence ministry’s statement.

The Islamist group is based in Nigeria but is being tackled by a multinational force, including soldiers from Niger.

Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou has been praised in the West for rallying neighbouring countries to fight Boko Haram.

In March, six soldiers from Niger’s army were killed in a Boko Haram ambush in the south-east.

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Boko Haram Spy From Niger Republic Arrested, 77 Others Surrender, 236 Hostages Rescued By troop, View Photos

The Nigerian Troops have made fresh successes in it battle against the dreaded sect group, Boko Haram, as one  Musa Mallam Aman, who is believed to be Boko Haram spy from Niger Republic was arrested, 77 sect members surrendered, 236 hostages rescued,  many others killed.

The Army headquarters made the revelation this evening in a press statement.

Below Is The Full Text Of The Statement: 

Nigerian troops deployed in Operation Lafiya Dole in Borno State under the Multinational Joint Task Force have been very busy clearing the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in their respective areas of responsibilities. In the process, they were able to rescue quite a number of abducted persons, arrested suspected Boko Haram terrorists, recovered weapons and equipment.

The troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion, 25 Task Force Brigade on 30th May 2016, received 79 persons who claimed to have been kept captives by Boko Haram terrorists at Ngwalimiri village but escaped at their location. They comprised 12 men, 24 women, 31 children and 12 infants. All of them are undergoing preliminary investigation and screening to determine their status before onward movement to Internally Displaced Persons camp for rehabilitation.

In furtherance of the efforts to keep Bitta-Damboa road open and secure to commuters, troops of 28 Task Force Brigade have cleared Bulajani, Mulgwo and Muotu villages of remnants of Boko Haram elements. During an encounter at Moutu specifically, a soldier sustained an injury on the forehead, while 5 Boko Haram terrorists were killed by the troops, while a few others were suspected to escape with gun shot wounds. The troops recovered 3 locally made guns. 

The advancing troops linked up with their counterparts of 25 Task Force Brigade at Gombori village and rescued 157 persons escaping from Boko Haram terrorists captivity. The rescued persons comprised 47 women, 91 children, 19 men. They are currently undergoing preliminary investigation and thorough screening to also determine their status. 

In a related development, troops of 7 Division Garrison arrested a 28 year old suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ spy, Musa Mallam Aman, around the Garrison Headquarters complex in Maiduguri metropolis. Preliminary investigation confirmed that he hailed from Maradhi village in Niger Republic and added that he was not alone as there were Boko Haram terrorists spies in Maiduguri. While efforts have been intensified to track and arrest his other accomplices, Musa has since been handed over to Joint Interrogation Committee (JIC). 

Troops of 22 Brigade Garrison and their Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Dikwa have also embarked on routine and fighting patrols to maintain security on construction and rehabilitation works of public buildings and infrastructure that would facilitate return of public officials and people back to their ancestral homes. 

In addition, the troops have been carrying out clearance operations and patrols to keep Maiduguri-Mafa-Dikwa-Gomboru Ngala road open and secure. 

The troops of 26 Task Force Brigade on their part, have intensified patrols and clearance operations in their area of responsibility. It was in that process that they discovered an Unexploded Object (UXO) and its casing at Hausari Street Gada Mayo yesterday afternoon. 

Similarly, another patrol team of the Brigade yesterday successfully cleared Boko Haram terrorists hideouts along Gwoza-Kwatara-Kasa-Uvaha hills. The troops also rescued 4 men, 2 women and 5 children that fled Boko Haram terrorists location at Uvaha as a result of the formation’s offensive against the terrorists.

In a related development 77 Boko Haram terrorists have surrendered themselves to troops of 122 Task Force Battalion. They comprised 17 men, 16 women, 16 male children and 28 female children. The surrendered terrorists have been moved to Yamteke by combined team of 26 Task Force Brigade for preliminary investigation and screening. 

Troops have also arrested a deserter soldier, 03NA/53/3098 Corporal Musa Titima of 117 Task Force Battalion, attached to 114 Task Force Battalion, who absconded from duty while on Operation CRACKDOWN at Bitta. The soldier was also allegedly involved in a fracas with Mr Salisu Ngatha at Kabang Ward on 30th May 2016 that led to the death of the civilian. The soldier has been moved to the Brigade headquarters for proper investigation and other disciplinary process.

Following tip off by well meaning Nigerians, troops of 7 Division Garrison, conducted clearance patrol at the following villages; Abachari, Asanari, Mediari, Toluwari, Chuwnari, Gaya, Zarumari, Alanari, Shuwari, Ngadaya, Chempo, Samaa, Matari, Utoro and Kayamla in Jere and Konduga Local Government Areas of Borno State on 31st May 2016. 

During the patrol, troops came in contact with members of Boko Haram terrorists group at Samaa village, killing a number of them and recovered 3 motorcycles, 143 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 2 bicycles, 2 bags if mango, 1 tricycle tyre pump 2 water bottles and pellets for Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) making.

The morale of troops in the theatre of operations remains very high. We would like to reiterate our earlier calls on the public especially in Borno State, to be security conscious and cooperate with the security agencies.

 Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman

 Acting Director Army Public Relations