Boko Haram begs for forgiveness, signs ceasefire deal
BY OUR REPORTERS LAGOS — “WE are seeking forgiveness from the people over the number of people killed in the country. I appeal to those who lost their loved ones to our activities to forgive us and on our side we have forgiven all those who committed atrocities against us. I want to state clearly that we have no hands in the unfortunate attack on the secondary school (Government Secondary School, Mamudo, Yobe State).” With these words, Imam Muhammadu Marwana, an influential member of the Abubakar Shekau-led Boko Haram sect, yesterday, confirmed a ceasefire agreement with the Federal Government to end their deadly activities across most states of Northern Nigeria, which have claimed about 4,000 lives and destroyed properties worth billions of Naira since 2009. [caption id="attachment_402887" align="alignnone" width="412"] Abubakar Shekau and President Jonathan[/caption] The agreement came exactly 82 days after the Federal Government raised a 25-man comm...