…Sings on Chibok girls’ abduction
BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – One of the top Boko Haram Commanders Auwal Ismaeela, who confessed to playing a major role in the abduction of Chibok Girls and killing of youths in Madagali has regretted his actions and surrendered to the Nigerian military.
He therefore appealed to other commanders of the deadly sect to give up their babaric acts and surrender to the military.
“It is unfortunate that I was brainwashed and misled not only on some abductions but in the killings of my own people that were innocent. I wholeheartedly regret my actions”, Ïsmaeela said.
According to him, the decision to voluntarily surrender to the Nigerian troops was taken having realized the ‘misleading sermons, barbaric indoctrination of the sect leaders and atrocities being committed in some of the Boko Haram camps.’
Specifically, the penitent commander said he and Abu Hafsat, another Boko Haram leader led other squads to abduct the Chibok girls, adding that two of them led the operations to invade Gwoza, Bama, Limankara mobile barracks, Bita, Bosso, Madagali, Chibok, Pulka, Firgi, and Mubi.
“In Madagali which was my home town, myself, Adam Vitiri, Abu Adam and Habu Kudama, some high ranking Boko Haram Commander led an operation in 2014 where we killed some students and youths at the Central Secondary School in Sabon Garin Madagali.
Ismaeela further said; “In one of the operations, I abducted my wife named Maryam who has two kids for me in Sambisa Forest.
“During a battle in Konduga where myself and other Boko Haram commanders led the operations, I lost my right leg and was almost got burnt. Even at that, I did not stop fighting for the course. Sheikh Shekau ordered that I should be given a tricycle which I continued to use for various operations before I eventually surrendered.”
Ismaeela has equally confessed to several acts of bloodletting on innocent people and destruction of properties across the length and breadth of the North-eastern part of the country in an interview he granted PRNigeria at a military facility for the repentant and surrendered Boko Haram members in the North-east.
Ismaeela, who is cooperating with the Nigerian military by giving out useful information on locations and hideouts of other top Commanders of the deadly sect, said he regretted his actions which he noted ran contrary to several Islamic injunctions.
Ismaeela further said; “I willingly surrendered to the military because I was tired of the senseless killing and fight. I realised that our people have resort to stealing and all sorts of atrocities contrary to the teaching and practice of Islam.
“Women were being raped, sometimes publicly. Children died from malnutrition and disease as the living condition became harsher. As there was no food in the camp, people died every day because of hunger.
“I will continue to cooperate with the security agencies in providing useful information on our mode of operations and to disclose top-secret hideouts of our commanders.”
