Boko Haram sect members operating in Northern Nigeria are “resilient
warriors” who are guided by ideological beliefs and are fearless in
confronting the security agencies, a member of Nigeria’s Joint Task
Force (JTF), has said.
The soldier, who requested anonymity, told
SaharaReporters that the sect has many bases in the North that are yet
to be unraveled, where they are brainwashing young Muslims. He said any
one under-estimating them should rethink because the sect will never
accept dialogue or any form of mediation unless they are crushed.
The
soldier further said that members of the sect undertake certain rituals
that make them fearless and focused in their insurgency and terrorists
acts, adding that those under interrogation in JTF’s base usually
confess that “they are doing Allah’s work” or “Jihad”.
The
soldier explained, “I have been to Dafur and Liberia, but never
experienced these kinds of fighters. Rebels want power but these ones
want death, they are just resilient warriors. You will see a small boy
fearless and exchanging gun fire with us and even killing and injuring
our colleagues.
He described how one of them nearly killed him
last year in Damaturu. “We used to buy local food somewhere; from
nowhere they trailed us and opened fire on us killing two of our
colleagues, we escaped by luck with gun wounds.”
Of their use of
rituals, he said those who have been capture had told them about it.
“We believed them because the level of their ideology and commitment to
their action proved so. We usually recover charms and other belongings
related to acts of sorcery.”
SOURCE: SAHARA REPORTERS
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