Islamist group are willing to surrender - Mama Boko Haram

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- A north east human rights activist known as Mama Boko Haram, Aisha Waki disclosed what the government has to do so as to end insurgency in the northeast Nigeria

-Waki declared that the Islamist sect felt aggrieved about the killing of their members

- She said the government should put its feet on the ground and meet with those that can talk to the insurgents

A north east human rights activist, popularly called Mama Boko Haram, Aisha Wakil, has advised the federal government to engage those who can talk to the insurgents so as to get them to stop their attacks.

Wakil, who insisted that Boko Haram will not surrender to anybody in “air conditioned” rooms, advised the authorities to act fast.

She made the suggestion in a chat with Punch on the recent kidnap of Dapchi schoolgirls.

According to her, ''I will tell the federal government, please, they should please put their feet on the ground, come down. There are people these boys respect, there are people they hear their voices, they should get in touch with those people.

''I might not be the only one, I might not even be part of it. I don’t care; my own is just to scream the way I am screaming. And if I get them, I tell them, my son, you are not hearing what is happening.

''They know the name they call me. So they should calm down. Or is it that they don’t want to look for them or they believe that by staying somewhere in air-conditioned rooms, the boys will just start coming?

''Someone has to come down, talk to them, they will do their talking to them too in the bush, you will see. You know, there are questions they will ask. You will see them start coming (out).

''Reminded that Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnap, like the Dapchi incident, occurred close to election periods, the activists replied: “You just hit the nail (on the head).”

''You know, in Nigeria, they know how to destabilise human beings; they are good and they are bad. Only Allah in heaven knows the innermost part of human beings. Politics is around the corner.

''There was a time I told you that the boys said they would not allow us. Who are those ‘they’? Those ‘they’, you know, they are human beings. I don’t know.''

My understanding of the group is that they are young people who claimed that they were provoked. They said nobody listened to them and that they had to transfer their anger and vent it on innocent people. That is the only thing I can say about them. They were angry.

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She added that he Islamist sect felt aggrieved about the killing of their members, a reason why they have taken up arms which created an ongoing war between them and the Nigerian military.

According her, ''When I heard the rumour about their intention to revolt, I called Mohammed Yusuf. He told me that they were betrayed.

''Up till now, I do not know what the betrayal was all about. He said they were angry because somebody made them angry and they wanted an apology.''

Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that Wakil appealed to the abductors that might be responsible for the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls to release the young female captives.

Wakil, who is said to be highly respected by some leaders of Boko Haram said she was ready to sacrifice her life to rescue the girls from abductors.

She said: ''This thing that is happening, is really breaking my heart. These children don’t even know what they are doing. Some of them were not even born at the time this thing started.''

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