COULD ANYTHING BE MORE IRRESPONSIBLE? : Military Joint Task Force, Not Boko Haram Kidnapped Monguno ... Family

The family of kidnapped Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno, have described the action of the abductors of the elder statesman as a diversionary tactics by the perpetrators of the killings in Baga, Borno State.
Hussaini Monguno, a relative of the abducted nonagenarian,  disclosed that Monguno had spoken to his family members with the abductors’ phone pleading with the Federal Government to heed their demands on Friday.
“The kidnappers called the family and demanded that the Federal Government release Boko Haram members in detention. They also gave him (Monguno) the phone and he spoke briefly saying the Federal Government should release the detained sect members,” he said.
Hussaini, added that despite the demand, the family sensed foul play by some people to divert attention from the Baga massacre perpetrated by the Joint Task Force in Borno State.
He said, “We don’t believe that it was Boko Haram that kidnapped Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno. We believe it is a diversionary from the heinous crime the military has committed against the people of Baga. They didn’t expect that international agencies have the satellite images of Baga before and after the massacre.
“Boko Haram members and everybody in Borno know that the man has no money to give anybody. He resigned from partisan politics since 1979; he has no link to the government of the day, so he cannot influence government’s decision. We believe this was done to divert attention from what happened in Baga. We are begging for whoever is behind the kidnap of Ali Monguno to release him immediately because he is on special diet and drugs. He is 92 years old.”
Hussaini listed a correlation of events in the state to corroborate his claim.
He said, “In the intelligence world, a lot dirty things do happen. Sometimes the state can carry out a criminal act against the citizens to make them believe in certain things. Two days to the abduction of Shettima Monguno, JTF came out to say they suspected that Boko Haram members will carry out the kidnapping of certain indigenes.
“If they had this level of precision in intelligence, this Boko Haram menace would have been put behind us. Also, just before the assassination of Gen. Mamman Shuwa, JTF came out to say Boko Haram is planning to assassinate some prominent people in Borno, and 24 hours, Shuwa was assassinated. There is so much corruption going on in military.”