Today, SaharaReporters was able to capture some last words from Babakura Alhaji Fugu, the son of late Alhaji Baba Fuggu, the father-in-law to Mohammed Yussuf, the slain Boko Haram leader.
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Today, SaharaReporters was able to capture some last words from Babakura Alhaji Fugu, the son of late Alhaji Baba Fuggu, the father-in-law to Mohammed Yussuf, the slain Boko Haram leader.
While Fugu was being pre-interviewed, before appearing on our weekly online TV show, SaharaTV, he talked about Boko Haram's rise in Nigeria.
"The history of that [Boko Haram] or the antecedents is a very long story. Because if you go back to during the Shari’ah implementation across the Northern part of Nigeria during Obasanjo’s regime, when most Northern Nigerians started yearning for Shari’ah law…".
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On Thursday September 15th, Fugu met with former Nigerian President Oluṣẹgun Obasanjo to discuss the controversial death of Mohammed Yusuf, the late leader of Boko Haram.
Fugu informed SaharaReporters that during his meeting with Obasanjo, "He [Obsanjo] came with his own cameramen and I didn’t get any pictures,” said Fugu when asked if he were able to provide Sahara Reporters with any video or photos of the meeting.
According to Fugu, Obasanjo was linked to the Fugu family through Shehu Sanni, a human rights activist based in Kaduna.
Asked if he had any previous relationship with the former president, Alhaji said, "No, I have never met him before now".
Fugu wouldn’t realize that these words would be amongst his final words spoken. He was shot by an unknown gunmen before making a scheduled appearance on SaharaTV, where he planned to reveal details of his meeting with former president Obasanjo.
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