Abdulrahman Terab, a member of the House of Representatives from Borno State has claimed that the State Security Service (SSS) has full information on Boko Haram insurgency even before 2002 when the public got to know about.
Speaking to newsmen in Abuja yesterday, the lawmaker who said there was too much wrong information in circulating in the public disclosed that the Department of State Service (DSS) should be able to provide the accurate details of the sect before 2002.
He further recounted how Boko Haram transformed from a peaceful sect in 2002 to what is now the most dreaded and very deadly group.
According to Daily Trust report, Terab said back in 2002, the sect launched in Kanamma, Yobe state where it was tagged as Taliban, not Boko Haram, adding that before then, most of its members were normal adherents of Islam who were youthful and have mobilised themselves mostly in what is currently Indimi mosque, Maiduguri.
"They were going about their normal activities until the extreme views took centre stage and then launched an attack in Kanamma in 2002," he said.
Terab explained that after the incident, their then leader Mohammed Yusuf was taken by the DSS to Abuja for questioning and 2009, Boko Haram launched it's major war, when their former leader, Mohammed Yusuf died and Abubakar Shekau who was second in command took over.
"For those of us who were there, that is part of our own history that we know. I'm sure like they always say, the DSS has the full information about everything that transpired even before then, because that 2002 was just a launch; even before the launch up to the time of the launch and then the final one in 2009," the lawmaker said.
Terab who said only God Knows what would have befallen the people if not for state of emergency currently going on in the Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States, explained that 80 percent of the killings by the sect are not reported by the media.
Some time last month, the governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima had said Boko Haram attacks started under the administration of the late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.
Sources: Daily Trust, Naij.com news
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