{"id":5434,"date":"2020-08-04T20:50:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T19:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=5434"},"modified":"2020-08-04T20:50:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T19:50:27","slug":"is-there-evidence-for-governor-masaris-claim-that-political-enemies-of-apc-are-sponsors-of-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/is-there-evidence-for-governor-masaris-claim-that-political-enemies-of-apc-are-sponsors-of-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there evidence for Governor Masari\u2019s claim that political enemies of APC are sponsors of Boko Haram ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, recently claimed that enemies of the All Progressives Party (APC), the ruling party in Nigeria, are sponsoring Boko Haram terror attacks in Northern Nigeria so that they could be voted into power in the 2023 elections.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A fact-check of this claim has shown there is no evidence that the terrorist groups rely on funding from politicians or political parties. The allegation made by the governor is, at best, politically motivated and with no evidence to support it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

On July 20, Governor Masari was reported to have claimed that Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency in the North West is receiving sponsorship from enemies of his party, APC.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said, \u201cMost of the bandits and Boko Haram attacks facing the Northern part of the country are sponsored by some politicians who are enemies of the present APC government at both federal and state,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, there were multiple bombs in Maiduguri, Kano, and even Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Kano bombing then killed more than 500 people. Mosques, churches and roads were closed due to insecurity but today, God has prevented us from such insecurity but we have forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, politicians who are willing or intending to contest 2023 elections are sponsoring banditry because the way the bandits mastered how to operate guns and by how they specialised in ambushing soldiers, we should know that there is someone behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey are saying we dislodged the PDP administration because of insecurity, so they want to make use of insecurity to also send APC away, which is why all APC should be vigilant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similar Claims Against APC in 2014 <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, an Australian member of parliament, Franz Obermays, claimed that leading figures of APC are \u201calways associated with radical Islam and its terrorists groups\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Obermays, according to a report by The Cable, named states under the APC in the North East and accused them of financing terror. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2014, another member of UK parliament also called for an inquiry into the relationship between members of APC and Boko Haram.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rumours and allegations against Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, over financing Boko Haram was spread widely between 2014-2015. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before May 2015, the APC operated as an opposition party to the PDP which Mr Sheriff served as Acting Chairman of National Working Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boko Haram is Against All Politicians <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

All factions of Boko Haram are hostile to democracy and are intolerant to any form of political participation or affiliations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In several videos released by the Jama\u2019atu Ahlussunnah Lid Da\u2019awati Wal Jihad, the notorious leader of the Boko Haram faction, Abubakar Shekau, was heard describing democracy as \u201ctaghut\u201d- an Arabic word for \u201cungodly\u201d or \u201csatanic\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a rebuttal against the late Ja\u2019afar Mahmud Adam, a popular and charismatic religious leader in Northern Nigeria, Shekau said all forms of political participation are satanic and members of political parties are infidels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLike other Salafi-jihadi groups, Boko Haram rejects every system perceived to have originated from a Judaeo-Christian Europe, from Western-style education to secular government to democracy,\u201d wrote<\/a> Audu Bulama Bukarti, analyst with Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe group brands democracy as taghut (an idol worshipped other than Allah) and treats Muslims who participate in elections and electioneering activities as infidels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt treats every person who takes part in democracy by casting ballots or vying for elective posts as a viable target. The group justifies attacking Muslims by citing their participation in democratic elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor example, in claiming responsibility for a January 2017 mosque bombing that killed a professor and three others, a factional leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, said it carried out the attack because the university was mixing \u201cIslam with democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Boko Haram is Funded <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, a UN report<\/a> identified extortion, charitable donations from members, smuggling and kidnappings as part of the ways the terrorist group is funded.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe predominance in the region of the cash economy, without controls, is conducive to terrorist groups funded by extortion, charitable donations, smuggling, remittances and kidnapping,\u201d the report says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Nigeria, 111 schoolgirls from the town of Dapchi were kidnapped on 18 February 2018 and released by ISWAP on 21 March 2018 in exchange for a large ransom payment,\u201d the report added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, five aid workers were killed when the ISWAP faction of Boko Haram failed to receive ransom money from either the government or their employers.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The claim that enemies of APC, opposition parties, are sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria fails the test of verification, with no evidence to support it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The claim is false, falling in the genre of political propaganda aimed at discrediting the opposition, just as a similar allegation was made against the APC in 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The doctrines of Boko Haram do not allow members to participate, collaborate, or work with any member of political parties as they consider any form of democracy ungodly. Besides, overwhelming evidence points to the fact that Boko Haram gets its funding through robberies, kidnappings, extortions and donations from its members. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, recently claimed that enemies of the All Progressives Party (APC), the ruling party in Nigeria, are sponsoring Boko Haram terror attacks in Northern Nigeria so that they could be voted into power in the 2023 elections.\u00a0 A fact-check of this claim has shown there is no evidence that the terrorist groups rely on funding from politicians or political parties. The allegation made by the governor is, at best, politically motivated and with no evidence to support it. Full Text  On July 20, Governor Masari was reported to have claimed that Boko Haram terrorism and insurgency in the North West is receiving sponsorship from enemies of his party, APC.\u00a0 He said, \u201cMost of the bandits and Boko Haram attacks facing the Northern part of the country are sponsored by some politicians who are enemies of the present APC government at both federal and state,\u201d he said.  \u201cDuring the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, there were multiple bombs in Maiduguri, Kano, and even Abuja. \u201cThe Kano bombing then killed more than 500 people. Mosques, churches and roads were closed due to insecurity but today, God has prevented us from such insecurity but we have forgotten. \u201cToday, politicians who are willing or intending to contest 2023 elections are sponsoring banditry because the way the bandits mastered how to operate guns and by how they specialised in ambushing soldiers, we should know that there is someone behind it. \u201cThey are saying we dislodged the PDP administration because of insecurity, so they want to make use of insecurity to also send APC away, which is why all APC should be vigilant.\u201d Similar Claims Against APC in 2014  In 2014, an Australian member of parliament, Franz Obermays, claimed that leading figures of APC are \u201calways associated with radical Islam and its terrorists groups\u201d.\u00a0 Mr. Obermays, according to a report by The Cable, named states under the APC in the North East and accused them of financing terror.  In 2014, another member of UK parliament also called for an inquiry into the relationship between members of APC and Boko Haram.\u00a0 Rumours and allegations against Ali Modu Sheriff, former governor of Borno State, over financing Boko Haram was spread widely between 2014-2015.  Before May 2015, the APC operated as an opposition party to the PDP which Mr Sheriff served as Acting Chairman of National Working Committee. Boko Haram is Against All Politicians  All factions of Boko Haram are hostile to democracy and are intolerant to any form of political participation or affiliations.  In several videos released by the Jama\u2019atu Ahlussunnah Lid Da\u2019awati Wal Jihad, the notorious leader of the Boko Haram faction, Abubakar Shekau, was heard describing democracy as \u201ctaghut\u201d- an Arabic word for \u201cungodly\u201d or \u201csatanic\u201d.  In a rebuttal against the late Ja\u2019afar Mahmud Adam, a popular and charismatic religious leader in Northern Nigeria, Shekau said all forms of political participation are satanic and members of political parties are infidels.  \u201cLike other Salafi-jihadi groups, Boko Haram rejects every system perceived to have originated from a Judaeo-Christian Europe, from Western-style education to secular government to democracy,\u201d wrote Audu Bulama Bukarti, analyst with Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.\u00a0 \u201cThe group brands democracy as taghut (an idol worshipped other than Allah) and treats Muslims who participate in elections and electioneering activities as infidels.  \u201cIt treats every person who takes part in democracy by casting ballots or vying for elective posts as a viable target. The group justifies attacking Muslims by citing their participation in democratic elections.  \u201cFor example, in claiming responsibility for a January 2017 mosque bombing that killed a professor and three others, a factional leader of the group, Abubakar Shekau, said it carried out the attack because the university was mixing \u201cIslam with democracy\u201d. How Boko Haram is Funded  In 2018, a UN report identified extortion, charitable donations from members, smuggling and kidnappings as part of the ways the terrorist group is funded.\u00a0 \u201cThe predominance in the region of the cash economy, without controls, is conducive to terrorist groups funded by extortion, charitable donations, smuggling, remittances and kidnapping,\u201d the report says.  \u201cIn Nigeria, 111 schoolgirls from the town of Dapchi were kidnapped on 18 February 2018 and released by ISWAP on 21 March 2018 in exchange for a large ransom payment,\u201d the report added.  Recently, five aid workers were killed when the ISWAP faction of Boko Haram failed to receive ransom money from either the government or their employers.\u00a0 Conclusion  The claim that enemies of APC, opposition parties, are sponsoring terrorism in Nigeria fails the test of verification, with no evidence to support it.  The claim is false, falling in the genre of political propaganda aimed at discrediting the opposition, just as a similar allegation was made against the APC in 2014.  The doctrines of Boko Haram do not allow members to participate, collaborate, or work with any member of political parties as they consider any form of democracy ungodly. Besides, overwhelming evidence points to the fact that Boko Haram gets its funding through robberies, kidnappings, extortions and donations from its members. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[4,123,16,119],"tags":[1174,157,76,1173,347],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[1132],"class_list":["post-5434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-mainstream","category-politics","category-security","tag-aminu-masari","tag-apc","tag-boko-haram","tag-boko-haram-sponsors","tag-featured"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-1pE","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":1132,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"aliyu-dahiru","display_name":"Aliyu Dahiru","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6697bc146fd37a7454b44c98c24de772ae006fb254928abf7f3c470f6a72557?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/APC-scaled-1280x720.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=5434"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}