Nigeria - Our target is Aso Rock, the federal seat of power, Boko Haram Spokesman, Abu Zaid, declared in a daring telephone press conference in Maiduguri on Wednesday, during which the sect claimed responsibility for bank robberies and attacks on the Joint Task Force (JTF). But Zaid denied that the Islamic jidhadists threatened to attack the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID). “God forbid! We don’t do our things like that. What problems do we have with the University of Maiduguri?" he clarified. "It is belittling on our side to attack university students when our targets are places like Aso Rock and other high profile places in Abuja." “In this battle we will not relent until the signs of Allah shine on all his servants in this country. Sharia will not trample on any body’s right or freedom. "Sharia will even protect the rights of the non-Muslims more than the so-called constitution." Zaid, who booked for the interview in a mobile telephone conference, said although sect members sympathise with the women and children traumatised in the conflict, they will not retreat from the battle until “the religion of Allah is established across the land and the government of unjust people is done away with." He admitted that Boko Haram has carried out two bank robberies because banks support the cause that contravenes the injunctions of Islam. Zaid, who spoke mainly in Hausa, demanded the withdrawal of soldiers from the streets, accusing them of attacking ordinary citizens “who are killed, raped or made to flee their own homes." He said Boko Haram robbed banks because "the banking system in Nigeria does not allow small depositors of between N20,000 and N100,000 to bear the loss of a failed bank, rather it is the government or the top management of the banks that bear the losses. Full Story>>
Boko Haram: We Rob Banks For 'the Religion of Allah' http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=37215
