A 22-year-old Boko Haram member, Mustapha Ajimi (not his real name), who was captured by the security personnel during a shootout recently in Borno State, yesterday revealed that beneath Boko Haram's so-called Jihad was nothing but a façade for crimes like robbery and wanton killings of innocent citizens to undermine the government of Nigeria.
The young man, who now walks on crutches after receiving a bullet injury during a recent attack in Damboa town of Borno State, said their leaders who coerced them to carry AK47 and other dangerous weapons to kill innocent citizens had never for once preached Islam to them.
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