If you have been following the story of Boko Haram closely, then you are familiar with Ahmad Salkida’s story.
He is a Dubai-based journalist who used to work closely with the late founder of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Yusuf. That was before Yusuf was killed in controversial circumstances in the custody of the Nigerian Police in November 2009.
Salkida claims he suffered persecution from the Nigerian government over his ties to the terrorist group and always maintained that though he had contacts with the leaders of the deadly organisation, he was never a member and never endorsed terrorism.
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For a long time, Salkida has tried hard to sell himself as an “insider” source for authentic Boko Haram information. He has on several occasions refuted the Nigerian military claims that Abubakar Shekau, the groups’s radical leader has been killed.
At a time, Salkida was acting as a mediator between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram in peace talks that never crystallised. He accused the Nigerian government of “greed”, “ignorance”, and “insincerity” and has often mocked the government’s inability to defeat the terrorists.
Thursday, March 24, 2016, Salkida took to micro-blogging website, Twitter to debunk the latest Abubakar Shekau video which shows the image of a man who looks like Shekau, reportedly, telling his followers to surrender and save their lives. He categorically calls the video a fake and says Nigerians are “gullible”. See his tweets below:
You want my opinion on the video going round, here it is; it is not only fake, but shows how gullible and unteachable most Nigeria are.
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
A few months ago d president argued strongly that no inch of Nigeria's territory is occupied by BH, but everyday we hear rescue & clearance?
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
If NO territory is occupied, where is d military clearing & where are we discovering hundreds of citizens, and more are yet to be reached?
— Ahmad Salkida (@ContactSalkida) March 24, 2016
So, where there are gains, there are no loses, or even mistakes? Why did we castigate GEJ on certain issues, but strongly excuse Buhari?
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
I asked a simple questn, instead of answers, some of you are saying I'm hating the president and is efforts to bring peace in my homestate?
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
I'v written abt progress, but society will be better for it, if I write more on the misapprehension of this war rather than praise songs.
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
Mine is to remain as critical as I'v been since 2009 & I remained consistently so, there r pple here that r being highly paid to do praises.
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
Thank you, sir. My point is, there r places in Borno where you can travel for over 50 klms today, where BH controls. https://t.co/z9M5tEVgka
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) March 24, 2016
