Malam Bukar Modu, a
detained Boko Haram member, said that the sect had nothing to do
with Islam, as it was mainly involved in armed banditry, looting and
killing of innocent people.
Modu, who was captured on Oct. 6
after the sect’s early morning attack on Muslim worshipers in Damboa, Borno,
said this in Maiduguri on Saturday.
He said, “We went on a mission to
attack people in Damboa on Oct. 6, a few days to the last Sallah celebration.
“We shot many people but I was also shot in
the leg during the operation; I later became unconscious. My people took me
away at the end of the operation but they decided to dump me in a nearby bush
because they thought I was dead.
“I regained my consciousness in the
morning before I was apprehended by security agents, who provided food for me
and took care of my bullet wounds”.
Modu said that he was recruited into
the sect by his cousin about a year ago.
“He used to keep his gun in our compound in
Maiduguri. One day, he said that he was not comfortable with me being outside
the sect because I knew all his secrets. He gave me two options: to either join
the sect or be killed; so, I had no other option than to join the sect,” he
said.
Modu said that he was given an
“express training’’ on the handling of AK 47 rifle as soon as he joined the
sect.
“We were always given orders to
attack individuals without questioning until we finally relocated to Marte in
Marte Local Government Area of Borno during the middle of this year,” he said.
Modu said that his group comprised
about 150 militants, who took refuge in a nearby bush after the military
invasion of Marte camp.
“Sometimes, I feel guilty of committing crimes
against God but our commanders always tell us that it is God’s work that we are
doing”. (NAN)
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