Emir of Kano and former Governor of the Central
Bank, Mohammadu Sanusi II says the idea of Boko Haram aligning
themselves with international terror group, ISIS is frightening. He said this in an interview with CNN's Chief Correspondence,
Christine Amanpour which aired last night.
"The idea of
Boko Haram or anyone aligning themselves with ISIS is frightening partly
because these are groups that represent a lunatic fringe in Islam and
who are very ruthless. We have had more than six years of Boko Haram ,
about 15,000 people dead, prospects of them getting financial support,
military support from a group as ISIS basically frightens all of us" he
said
The Emir said he is not scared of being killed if
that would be the ultimate prize to pay to have peace return to the
North East. According to him, he has achieved all he wants to achieve...
"First
of all if I had a way of knowing what would happen if Boko Haram took
my life they would stop killing people in Nigeria, then I will give up
my life. I have nothing else to live for. I have achieved everything I
wanted to achieve. I think the important thing is for every Muslim
leader to speak up and for the Muslims to let the world know that this
is not Islam, for the society not to accept them and for the society not
to give them accommodation. for the state to protect the people to the
best of its ability and for their genuine grievances to be addressed" he
said
He also spoke on the $20 billion he alleged was missing from the coffers of the NNPC. Watch the full interview
here
