Yobe Attack: Islamic Cleric Loses 6 Sons

An Islamic cleric, Imam Lawan Alkali, who lost six of his male children at the recent attack on Government Secondary School, Mamudo has condemned the attack by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect, even as he kicked against government’s plan to negotiate with the group.

Imam Lawan Alkali explained his ordeal in Mamudo and revealed that those who massacred his sons will be dealt by the almighty Allah, even before they perish as according to him, Islam abhors violence.
The cleric, who lost six boys in the attack, said that he had taken the incident in good faith as whatever happens to a man had already been ordained by Allah. “He takes and gives,” he said.
He attributed the incessant attacks on the inability of the federal and state governments to nip the sect’s activities in the bud before it escalated.
Getting down to the root of the crisis, Imam Lawal said that it all started from Zamfara State during the regime of Obasanjo when the then government of that state introduced the sharia law system in the state. He said that was what led to the mushrooming of all religious sects across the Northern part of Nigeria.
When reminded that there was Maitasine crisis in 1980, he fired back saying that Maitasine was not political.
He disclosed further that at the time Maitasine was able to control the activities of its members and there were no killing of innocent citizens or burning of schools, “Maitasine was only fighting the authorities and not the people as we are seeing today.”