The Jama’atu Ahlus sunnah Lidda’awati wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, has denied media reports credited to Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, that they are negotiating with the federal government and that he (Bauchi) is the facilitator of the negotiation.
While recognising Bauchi as a respected Islamic scholar, the group advised him to be careful not to play into the hands of “deceivers”, saying the only time they attempted negotiating with the government was through Dr. Datti Ahmad, and the move got stalled no sooner than it started.
The sect stated this in a letter from its head, Imam Ahmed Shekau, circulated to media houses and issued by its spokesman, Abul Qaqa.
