Nigeria’s military on Friday offered hundreds of thousands of dollars in rewards for information leading to the capture of leaders of Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram.
A statement listed 19 alleged senior members of the extremist group blamed for hundreds of deaths in connection with its insurgency in northern and central Nigeria.
The rewards ranged from N50 million ($317,000, 245,000 euros) for the suspected leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, to N10 million for various Boko Haram “commanders”.
“They are wanted in connection with terrorist activities particularly in the northeast zone of Nigeria that led to the killings, bombings and assassination of some civilians, religious leaders, traditional rulers, businessmen, politicians, civil servants and security personnel amongst others,” a military statement said.
“They are also wanted for arson and destruction of properties worth millions of naira.”
In June, the United States designated three Nigerian Islamist extremists “global terrorists” but declined to label Boko Haram a terrorist group, citing its domestic focus, among other issues.
The three named by the US State Department were Shekau as well as Abubakar Adam Kambar and Khalid al-Barnawi, both said to have ties to a regional Al-Qaeda group.
Friday’s statement offering rewards listed both Shekau and al-Barnawi, but not Kambar.
Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, who issued the statement on behalf of a military task force operating in the country’s northeast, did not respond to phone calls.
Violence linked to Boko Haram’s insurgency is believed to have left some 3,000 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.
The group has claimed to be seeking an Islamist state in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer whose population is roughly divided between Christians and Muslims.
However, its demands have repeatedly shifted and it is believed to include various factions with differing aims, in addition to imitators and criminal gangs that carry out violence while posing as members of the group.
AFP.
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@ nwabufo, is that all u have to say? Behold the wrath of God! Watch ur tongue pls. Islam is not evil.
It doesnt bother u alla the killings by islam going on all over the world? just this morning over 20 shites are killed by sunai muslims in Parkistan and you are there invoking tnat your god anger on persons; truely i dont know what is going on on these muslims heads; too ocultic;
Is like we don’t read history, 30 yrs , 7 yrs all this happened in the christian world killing each other in Europe between protestant and catholic, while in the name of crusade massacred a lot of christian by the christian including does who are not christian.
further more, all the evil deed happened to be committed by Christians, but not Christianity as a religion. 1st , 2nd were created by Christians, Holocaust was done by Christians, HIV and AIDS was by christian, buying and selling of African for more than 300 yrs ( slave trade was your master Christians) Introduction weapons of mass destruction was christian. I am accusing Christianity as religion rather telling u people that do mot judge religion by the actions of the followers rather read their books to find the truths about what they are doing things.
correction of last sentence: I am not accusing Christianity as religion rather telling u people that do mot judge religion by the actions of the followers rather read their books to find the truths about what they are doing things.
Then tell us what a religion that is associated with death and blood daily is? Did you hear that Four People were killed this week because a tailor said God created all of us or that God is in the Market? Don’t Moslems build mosque and pray inside the market,if God is not there whom do they pray to in those mosques? Isreal understand moslems better than Nigerian Xtians who are indulging these rascals that are killing others in the name of islamic religion.Moslems demonstrate everytime you mention the name mohammed but they cannot demonstrate against boko haram killing in the name of Islam,hypocrisy per excellence,they think that boko haram is helping them spread Islam but boko haram is alienating them more than ever.
We are happy that boko haram eventually helped us drive our people living in the North back home,this evil should not stop now till they are fully settled in south south and other states,we shall see who develops the North after this madness.
esquire u are evil. May God Punish The Devil.
certainly islam is not good.anywhere you see violence in recent times, it is because there is a moslem there.A religion that cherish inflicting pains and wounds on fellow country men.NOT A GOOD RELIGION
Proof me wrong
ME I DEY LAUGH OOOH,..PLEASE GIVE ME THE MONEY I WILL TELL YOU THEY LEADERS,…OK FORGET ABOUT THE MONEY LET ME TELL YOUR PEOPLE WHO YOU WILL GET ARREST FIST…BUHARI,..ATIKU..THE HEAD OF ARIWA…GOV OF EX AND PRESENT GOV OF SANFARIA STATE,,IF YOU CAN GET THIS PEOPLE BELIEVE. ME YOU WILL NOT HEAR ABOUT BOKO TALK OF HARM AGAIN…
how do we give the the info if any , no contact number?
You guys should try to pute to an end all these wicked killings in the nation.live and let live thats the prayer.
i wonder how peaceful d world would hav been without islam.islam has done more harm than good to humanity.
i wonder how peaceful d world would hav been without islam.islam has done more harm than good to humanity.God d most merciful and kind,are u really approved of this religion Islam???
@london boy, it is not sanfaria state is zamfara state. Islamic believer u guys should thinks twics, u cant fight for God. God can only fight for u and u will hold ur peace.
God help dis Nation
Joke of the day,9ja can say something but hard to fullfil wat said.Is oky but i see the leaders among us,senat,house of rap nd in some high positions.
How can you fight for God. Killing your bros and sis’s is that a religion?
are you serious?
Luke Buhari is among all this bull shit call bokohalam if Nigeria Wants to St0p it is Very Easy
Jonathan and Buhari knows them, can identify them and has even categorised them into three, both of them need money that is why they want to kill themselves so give them the money they will show you whomever you want to see.
@esquire, thanks for correcting him. let’s be watchful of what we say here so we don’t create room for cyber warfare.
U mean the type that went off, during the releases of prophet Muhammad film? U see that’s the problem with u guys attaching meaning to nothing. U want to start killing the Christians around u in the name of cyber warfare, jst bec some people on the internet said ur religion is bad or evil?. U GUYS REALLY NEED TO WAKE UP AND COME TO SCHOOl.
“Violence linked to Boko Haram’s insurgency is believed to have left some 3,000 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces”.
Since 2009 and substantial reward for information leading to arrest being announced just now?
This does not suggest brilliant management of the security threat.
Welcome to JonathanLand. This is not to assume that anyone else in the leadership horizon is much better. The answer is a constitutional conference to iron out a system that works.
I’m a muslim! Boko haram or wat eva u call it is not part of islam, because islam is a religion of peace nd does nt preach violence.. So I advice the sun to seriously screen such comment before postin dem.
Islam means peace by name but means evil by doctrine without islam this would have been like garden of eden but only God knws the reason why he has been leaving them a religion that believes in war muslims talk that jesus is prophet nt a son of God no bdy react to it but go to wia muslims are and say muhamad is nt a prophet they will kill u imediately islam is a religion of war .sunnis kill shias just becos of a comon defrent believe.HELL TO ISLAM
ISLAM, ARAB,AND HAUSA-FULANI ARE CRUDE, PRIMITIVE AND UNCIVILISED. KORAN AND SHARIA ARE EVIL AND DEMONIC AND ARE THE CAUSE OF TERRORISM AND MASS MURDER IN THIS WORLD. GOODLUCK JONATHAN IS NOT SINCERE B/C HE ATTENDED D 8 SUMMIT WHICH IS FOR ISLAMIC NATIONS 2 DAYS AGO. BY ATTENDING THAT MEETING GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAS PROVED THAT NIGERIA IS ISLAMIC NATION. ONLY DIVISION IS THE SOLUTION.
May God distroy islam
why do u hate islam.fr peace to reign in d world,we should all come together nd tell ourselve d truth.who originated d issue of terrorism in d world.i quote-US nd British?they help d isrealite against d palestine,they even give dem weapon of mass distruction.so viewer dats why there fellow brothers in d Arab world kick against d US?
The violence that happend in kano on thusday was becos of isael palestinian war foolish pple’
islam is the greatest thing that befall nigeria as a country. every day i pray to God to take away islam from nigeria and let our oil dry up in reward. this is because we prefer to live in peace and manage our live than to live in abundance but in terror. any where there is islam there is violence why?. foolish mohamed, foolish mohamed, foolish mohamed how many time have i called you? have you seen what you have cause with ur violent religion called lslam?
Safe our souls Lord.
For those yorubas who are busy villifying the Ibos for drug related offences, i dare say that drug peddling is far more humane when compared to terrorism. I just read that Obasanjo commissioned a 350million mosque and islamic school project in Ogun State. So when the yoruba is fully islamized and annexed by the north, you will be happy drinking “camel urine” in your sharia republic while the ibos will be in Biafra.
@USMAN AYUBA.Do you mean that is why it is written in the Quran that when you kill for God there will be 7 virgins for you in heaven??? Do you mean that is why Utman dan Fodio fought a war from Maiduguri to Ilorin??? Do you think if someone travels to islamic countries such as Pakistan,Aghganistan and Quwait the person will come back home pèacefully???Islam is not a religion of peace because it facilitates violence.
So, are u tell us with all ur claimed skills that u people can find them?
If Islam is not evil, then what are they asking for by all this sensless killing going on World wide?
Those muslim who kill wit the intention to have seven virgin in reward wil be disapointed bc wot dey wil recieve wil be seven wicked tomenting black angel of luxifer ie satan
Federal Government now you have capture the leader this boko haram. Please take a serious act to arrest him.
All my life I liv wit Muslim but dere Arε̲̣̣̣̥ so muh wick.muslim as ur best frnd wil kill u.God help us
All d countries where eva there is muslem there most be violence wt dis alone confirm d type of god they worship, neither gõod or evil.
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U pple shld wtch ur tnqu when ever u said bad to someones religion.
Its unfair dat pple kill others bcos dey tink dey r doing it 4 God. Ignorance. D federal govt seems nt to b serious wt ds boko haram issue. Let dem set a detective mechanism to fish d leaders out. Wat of d one arrested earlier nd he escaped frm police hand. I wonda o. Let dem follow d US just d way dey captured Osama bin laden
@Samson Monday God will punish you for that comment, your truly a son of (BASTARD) who knew nothing…! But lots of useless ideas in your thought. Son of a bitch.
Good move
I love Islam but its a violent religion..remove Violence I will be a moslem the next moment,its never a peaceful religion cos it preaches violence and thinks that they can win souls or new converts for Allah and outright expansion through terror and killing.No Moslem has eva condemned all the killings by bokoharam cos they hv Islamic teachings in their act.The yorubas are fake and political moslems and christians purely psychophants in nature,beast of no burden…
Pls Mr President, apply WISDOM to arrest this situation just as late Ya’ Adua did in the case of the Niger Delta Militans. We need peace in this country.
This is the begining of the solution. However secrecy/protection of informants must be handled by the military for it to work.
However, the issue of Religion gives cause for concern. I asked further: – Must we comment?
- Must we attack other tribes or religions in the defence of ours?
- Must we cause a sense of confusion between ourselves because of religion?
In most posts, I have come across online these days, it’s just focused on the exingency of Religion and Tribe’ – those that are two major factors capable to destroy our nation built by our great Icons of the past.
Meanwhile, If Nigeria must make progress and growth, and as such, we must break away from sentimates of whatsoever and exumed the Spirit of Unity in us.
I’m a strong beliver of optimistic, and know the prosperity of this nation lies on our tongues and actions mapped out with committment. God bless Nigeria.
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Islam is a CURSE on Nigeria…ALL MUSLIMS ARE ANIMALS.
QUESTIONS FOR POLITICAL LEADERS IN RELATION TO THE SUPPLY OF EVIL FROM BOKO-HARAMISLAM.
1.TO JONATHAN;WHAT DO I STAND TO GAIN IF NIGERIA CONTINUES AS ONE INDIVISIBLE NATION,HEREAFTER? 2. TO DAVID MARK;HOW HAS THIS FORCED UNION OF TWO DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS GROUP-ISLAM AND CHRISTIAN BENEFITS THE HELPLESS PEOPLE KILLED BY BOKO-HARAM AMIDST GOVT. SECURITY AGENCY,AND ARE STILL KILLING…UNSTOPPING
I AM ACCUSING NOT ONLY THE NORTHEN LEADERS OF NOT CONTAINING THE ACTS OF TERRORISM BY THEIR CHILDREN BUT ASKING WHY JONATHAN,SENATE/HOUSE OF REPS LEADERS,PAST POLITICAL LEADERS ARE STI LL STRANGULATING ETHNIC GROUPS WHO ARE WILLING TO SEPERATE FROM THIS FAILED SECURITY POROUS STATE (NIGERIA) TO A HOLD;TO CONTINUE SUFFERING FROM THE BOMBINGS OF SONS OF BLOOD -SUCKING- DEMONS SPONSORED BY THOSE WHO TOLD YOU JONATHAN THAT ‘THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY UNGOVERNABLE’,YET YOU ARE CARRYING ON AS IF IT WAS A SLIP OF TONGUE FROM THEM. MY OGA,I BEG YOU IN THE NAME MY GOD-’LET GOD’S PEOPLE TO GO, SO THEY SHOULD SERVE THEIR GOD.’ENOUGH OF ALL THE DECEPTION OF ONE NIGERIA-THE ZIONITE ARRESTED IN ENUGU,IS IT NOT A DISGRACE TO OUR SECURITY AGENTS THAT THEY CAN SHOW THEIR ARRESTING SKILLS WITH HARMLESS/DEFENCESS IGBO/JEWISH ZIONITES DURING A PEACEFUL PROTEST IN ENUGU,BUT COULD NOT ARREST THE PEOPLE CAUSING TERROR EVEN ON THE PRESIDENCY IN THAT THE ‘HELPLESS’ PRESIDENCY IS NOW BEGGING HARMLESS CITIZEN LIKE ME TO ARREST/SUPPLY INFO THAT WILL LEAD TO THE ARREST OF THESE ISHMAELITES WHO WERE CURSED TO BLOOD BATH,CHAOS IN THE COUNTRY.
ABI THE REASON POLITICAL PEN ROBBERS IS NOT WISHING FOR A DIVIDED NIGERIA IS THAT HAS THEY KEEP STEALING/LOOTING PUBLIC TREASURY ,IT WILL NOT BE EASILY NOTICED BY EFCC BECOS OF WORK-LOAD.
ISLAMIBOKOHARAMISM YOU HAVE PROVED THAT YOU ARE SEEMINGLY POWERFUL THAN YOUR FEDERAL GOVT. SECURITY AGENCIES,HENCE THEY BEGGING FOR INFO. TO CATCH YOU;WELL,NO SYMPATHY FOR YOU BECOS IF J.T.F CANT CATCH YOU,THOSE THAT CAUGHT OSAMA BIN LADEN ARE STILL AROUND,AND THEY MUST CATCH YOU AND YOU SHALL DIE,DIE,DIE,DIE AND SUMMERSAULT TO HELL WHERE YOUR VIRGINS ARE WAITING TO FEED YOU WITH HOT SOLDERING IRON.
MAY MY MERCIFUL GOD EITHER AV MERCY ON YOU OR DELETE YOU ALL….AMEN!
They know themselves, let IBB and BUHARI gives you all the information required. Those idiots are with them. May God save and deliver his people.