Boko Haram yesterday said it was not responsible for the killing of retired Gen Mamman Shuwa in Maiduguri last weekend. The group had insisted that it has no hand in the killing of the retired General. In a telephone conference conducted yesterday in Maiduguri by Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz, one of the sect commanders who has been speaking on behalf of the sect, maintained it was not responsible for the killing even as he warned those putting the killing at the doorstep of the sect to desist from doing so. “We heard that people are saying that we had hand in the killing of Gen Shuwa. I want the people to know that we didn’t have any problem with the man. We don’t have anything against him. He is (was) a respected person and has not offended us in any way. We have no hand in his killing. We were even surprised when we heard about the incident. We want to warn those who are using our names to do this thing to stop and we also warn those who are also spreading the rumour that Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad killed Gen Shuwa to stop it because we are not the ones that did it,” Abdulaziz insisted.
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