A retired judge in Borno State, Alkali Musa has narrated how he became a member of camp for repentant Boko Haram members operated by the Nigerian Army’s Operation Safe Corridor.
The 78-year-old said he was abducted by insurgents from Amdachi, a small village near Cameroon, where he relocated to after retiring from service on June 1, 2012.
He disclosed that barely one year into his stay in the village, on July 15, 2013, the insurgents came calling, abducting him, his son and many other villagers.
According to Saturday Sun, Musa spoke from the Operation Safe Corridor rehabilitation camp at Malam Sidi, in Gombe state.
However, he maintained that he was never a member of the Boko Haram.
Musa said, “Life in the bush is nothing to write home about and cannot be compared with anything.
“So while there, I kept myself busy reading the Quran regularly. Besides, the person who abducted me is one of the high ranking members of the Boko Haram terrorists; a General within the sect.
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“So, because of the fear they had for him, they hardly give me orders like they do to other people.
“Besides, I had access to him so nobody treated me anyhow or forced me to do what they want because of the position of the person that brought me into the bush.
“And I never accepted their doctrine because of how they go about their way of life.
“So all I was doing was keep reading the Quran and praying regularly. And to think of the general belief that these people are fighting the course of Islam, the story is not true.
“They don’t even follow me to pray because they know they are not doing the right thing.
“They took five of my sons and now I don’t know whether they are alive or living because I have not heard from them and nobody has heard about them.
“My only surviving son is this one with me in the camp and the General that abducted them is now at Giwa barracks. The Nigerian soldiers captured him.”