Sect leader killed

It is good news to hear that Mohammed Yusuf who brought much violence and death in some parts of northern Nigeria is now out of circulation for good.

Why kill Mohammed Yusuf? There are vital questions that only he can answer. What are his sources of income and weapons and how did he organise and operate his group of fanatics well enough to spring a surprise on our security agancies. Answers that may well be an expose on our security agencies, no wonder!

good news

Yes, the sect is despecable, but isnt this killing by secutity operatives, an indictment on Nigerian forces? coming just after a stackling declaration by Human right watch a couple of weeks ago how Nig security forces killed civillians in the last November protest in Jos. And figure of causaulty coming from the nothern in the last fours leaves one in no doubt that civilianas are amongst. shouldnt someone face prosecution for extra-judicial killings as displayed by the security forces? 9ja is just sick

Nigerian police are fools. They often take law to their hands. I believe the man was deliberately killed the police.

Great,welcome development.

mmmh... Why killed him? He died in his wound. Are we sure he died in his wounds? Or they just realised who he was working for and killed him immediately to keep nigerians from knowing who the god father his! God save us from decay.

To kill someone in police custody is a disturbing development for Nigeria’s judiciary and this case raises a lot of questions. Why was it necessary to rush to kill him? Was he trying to escape? Was he silenced to keep him from fingering the sponsors? Was his death the result of mob action or was he executed by the police? I used to think that here in Nigeria we subscribe to the legal principle that one is innocent until proven guilty. This poor fellow’s death and that of others involved in this mayhem ought to be carefully investigated and report presented to the nation. The fellow is obviously confused, but two wrongs do not make a right. To kill someone in police detention is not, and should never be, acceptable. He should have been given the opportunity to defend himself in the court law and then allow justice to take its course. His death is unfortunate as the nation has been denied the opportunity to probe his deranged mind and learn from it.

good news i believe the man will now know that he is a fool, while was he trying to run away after creating a problem tha he cannot solve. a very big fool. see him in hell.

Well, Mohammed Yusuf is dead for good but it would have been more professional and dignified if he is kept alive so as to make him answer pressinng questions. If US forces were like Nigerian forces, Sadam Hussein will never be captured alive, Nigeria-the world is watching us.

I am happy about this news. weldone, the Nigeria police.

Its a welcome devlpt, if it is true, this is a man because of ignorance was blindfolded by religion,though nothing makes pple stupid more than religion.Still if its true, that he is dead, may GOD pay him back in his own coin,at least thousands has been sent to their early grave because of him.If Nig.govt was proactive they would have nipped it in the bud,but now innocent pple and breadwinners has lost their precious lives thereby adding to the army of beggers in our streets.

Yes we can!

Who kill am where d body de? Sometimes I wonder if we ve d intention to investigate issues and profer solutions to avert future occurrence. Demand kill am make we for no know who send am but time is running out of u wicked 9ja people who refuse to make life better for the common man. Look deeply e fit b d wrong person dem kill o!

I think someone from the top must made presidential villa{aso rock} phone call to make sure that the subject is eliminated so that tracks will be covered.....I think is about time we consider de-centralization of nigeria police force...........We are not fools most of us outside here are more educated and enlighten than all this our leaders, they should know that we can read between the lines without been told......Fooollllllllllllsssss in powers

Good news, the man was killed. It'd have been better if he was kept alive to be interrogated. His men should be properly questioned for information on the group. Kudos to our security forces, I only hope that we didn't record too many civilian casualties as is the case many times.

Una do well o! Make una try kill some other people wey de make life hard for us. Abi u no know dem make I tel u. Those wey de thief our money and make life hard for us kill all of dem. Una do police wey be like boys scout.

The security agencies appear to have done their jobs way back in 2008 by arresting and arraigning Mohammed Yusuf in court as reported. Unfortunately the court didn't do its job. That error in judgement and all the pretence, loop-sided and sheepish advocacy to human right principles in NIgeria has cost innocent lives. Go preach that to the families of the security men and innocent Nigerians who lost their lives in an unprovoked and senseless attack. If Yusuf trully believed his perverse doctrine why was he running away from battle that he pushed his followers into? His death is good radiance to bad rubbish. The country has more than enough wahala to contain with already.

I am not surprised that Yusuf died in police custody from "his wounds". We get to know of this only becuase of his role in the extremist mayhem visited on some cities in the north. Each single day, countless number of people lose lives and limbs to the Nigeria police and other security agencies-in some cases, over thrumped up charges. At this stage, all Nierians should be really worried. In other countries,the death of fanatical leaders like Yusuf have been known to be source of greater fanaticism and vengeance strikes. The kind of international attention that the death got is already an advert to the genuine cells of Al-Qaeda and Taliban to now recruit or regroup the followers that were able to flee. There are more things to worry about. But will the government reason, will Aso Rock probe the extra judicial killings in the North West in the past one week, will Nigerians be allowed to have access to the report from such probe? How soon before we see this kind of carnage transfered to militants who are stupid enough to accept Aso Rock's amnest offer to militants?...Just how did we get into this mess?

D question concerning dis mass killing in maiduguri is, wh o killed all d more than 600 of ppl while d number of d militants are by far lessthan d number of ppl killed and we learned dat d sects are not fighting against ppl but govt? 9ja security, is dis uq own way of showing ur own force on civilians leaving armed rubbers?

Oh so some of us want this thug to be brought to justice via the legal system. I thought his sharia law of an eye for eye was justice, NO?

Well, whatever is hidden to man is clearly open to God Almighty. Let the Governors wake up from their slumber! Instead of engaging in amorous relationship with teenagers, they should better the lot of their subjects. Many Govrnors think they are elected to just dole out money for their godfathers. If the youth are adequately taken care of, it will be difficult for any exremist to hoodwink them into criminality. Well, Yusuf is dead but who is the next rabble rouser? Remember matatzini sect during shagari era? Our security agents need to wake up! Taking N20 from motorist with gone make mess of their profession. Enough for the wise.

Conveniently executed ... to stop questions , probes and inquries ! Quite a lot could have been swept under the carpet .

Where do we draw the line between lawlessness and law enforcement. The fact that the Boko Haram sect ran foul of the law is indisputable, but how can we condone extra judicial killings under any guise? The smart move would have been to interrogate the man and get to the root of the problem but then again, the Nigerian Police are not reputed for ingenuous thinking!! Now we will never know how they got their ammunition, the people behind them et al. Thanks to the quick fix approach of the police, we have postponed the evil day. If anyone believes the movement has died with Mr. Yusuf, then the person is deluded. The people that made Mr. Yusuf will always get another willing puppet to further their agenda. The Boko Haram killed innocent individuals- True. The Nigerian security forces killed innocent individuals-True. So why then are we celebrating? Are they very much different form one another? I weep for the families of the law abiding citizens of this country whose taxes have paid for the bullets that the security forces have used to truncate their lives!!

Let us assume , it was the right Mohammed Yusuf that was killed, and not Yusuf Okon . He was wounded in a cross firing ,we have to belief that. That should not be the end. How was he set free by an Abuja court? who were the visible and invisible facilitators ? ONOVO , if you have the support and liver , investigate and provide the answers. But if THEY say NO, old boy livam for God.

So he was 1. Arrested - was he resisting arrest? 2. Deliberately wounded - was he injured in combat or brutalized? 3. Taken to the hospital 4. Died of his wounds. Your report is very inaccurate and confusing. The account presented here is very misleading. Your title says he was killed. The story says something else - that he died of his wounds. Could you try to be more accurate and non-sentimental in presenting stories, Just give us the facts and let us make our own judgments. In summary this story is tainted with a suggestion by your reporter that the man was killed!

I enjoy reading your news it makes me know happens in my enviroments and in my country.Thanks keep the good work.

Too many ITK people in Naija. Ben, according to the dictionary, the meaning of killed is to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. If the man was shot then died of his wounds, he was still killed.

IF THIS IS B/W BOKO HARAM AND GOV WHY KILLING THE CHRISTAINS AND BURNING THEIR CHURCHES? I WANT MUSLIM TO THINK ABOUT THIS. WE SHOULD KWOW THAT CHRISTAINS ARE NOT FOOLS I THINK THEY ARE MORE PEACEFUL THAN WE MUSLIM. I HOPE MOHAMMED YUSUF HAS ASK THE ALMIGHTY GOD TO FORGIVE. HIM AND ALL THE PPLE BEHIND THIS MAY GOD HIMSELF AREST THEM. THEY WILL NEVER KNOW PEACE AND THERE GENERATION. PLS WE ARE ALL BROTHERS LET LIVE AS ONE. NOTE. NOT ALL MUSLIM ARE BEHIND THIS. THANKS.

Does it matter HOW the 'Boko Haram' leader was killed? Have you folks thought of the interest of the larger society? You mean police should arrest him and arraign him before a Nigerian court (again!) and the next day he would come out a free man in questionable circumstances (again!)and once more gather momentum to unleash terror and brigandage on the people of Nigeria. If this happens, it would amount to availing him of the same western-style justice system he so violently fought against! The Nigerian Police understand how our courts operate. They can get details of how they funded their operations from the other jihadists in their custody. It was a good thing the police wasted the bastard. No tears for him. Imagine him still alive in detention! Of course more people will die as he would continue to be an inspiration to those who listened to his rubbish.

We thank God that the violence has come down but i think Muhammed Yusuf should have been overpowered, arrested and ask him vital questions so that we can know those behind him before he face his penalty. How do we sure is the one and how do we belief there is no kangaroo. Well i pray this type of group "Boko Haram" "devil agents" who have been in existence for the past 14 years will not re-group and cause a fatal mayhem again if by laxity government has failed to tracked down this group in the bud even after when a christian leader in the north has complained about 3 months ago that there were some people training in the bush as a militant. There is no checkmate at our border. Chadians and niger people enter into our country anyhow to be used as hooligans and thouts by the affluence northerners politicians. Immigration at border must be efficient enough especially Niger and chad border including seme border to curb the entry of these guys used to forment troubles by attacking christians and now the securities of the nation. May God help us

Boko haram indeed! but his life style is defined by the trappings of western education! extra judicial killings will always be an issue world over. It is certainly an indictment of any system that pretends to the rule of law. However perfect any system may be it still occurs if only far between. lets not pretend, while not giving our security agencies any kudos, it is their incompetence that allowed Yussuf to find space to wreak havoc, we must still admit that his death is good riddance to bad rubbish, however it may have come about! What amazes me sha, is why these people and militants seem incapable of identifying who the real enemies of Nigeria are and turning their guns on them!

He died in police custody after sustaining gun shot wound is merely a diplomatic way to say he was given the capital punishment without trial after making himself hard to catch. I guess the soldiers were thinking of the attacks, the innocent lives lost... and decided to save the country Naira that would have gone into a court trial which may have him back on the streets after a long back and forth. Still, questions raised by Musty and others need to be answered. I bet Mohammed Yusuf's top aides will gladly do so in exchange for their lives. May God grant us peace in Nigeria.

"I am happy about this news. weldone, the Nigeria police." How do we educate our people?

It's good to get an end to this situation - this guy was pure bad news. Like all taliban/extremists, they use religion as a shell for power. But Nigeria continues to show a complete lack of process or due process. The soldiers/police might have felt justified with a summary execution, but isn't that what the Taliban stands for? Control to the point of death, with no process, simply those with power and guns. You realize that at any time your life is simply at the mercy of some police officer with a gun. These are the kinds of craziness that drove me away. Crazy Taliban, Crazy Police, Crazy Military, Crazy rulers.

How are we sure that the self styled leader of the islamic extrimits is dead? I hope it will not turn out to be another story of 'Gloria Okon' found in Saudi Arabia. I do not know where this religious 'idiosincracy' will lead us to in this country.I know for sure that God in His infinite power will bring to book the perpetrators of this henious crimes in the name of religion.

Nigeria has failed as a nation, lets accept this, and come back to rebuld our nation. imagine thing like this was going on in this country and the security agents knew not.is not abt Oga Yusuf but our nation security. May his soul rest in pace.

Why are u all Happy, We should be sad coz many innocent souls, able bodies lost for nothing. We shouldn't be Happy @ all

I HAD THIS NEW OF THE DEATH OF THE LEADER OF BOKO HARAM YESTERDAY NIGHT I WAS VERY HAPPY. I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE AND THE GOVERNMRNT OF NIGERIA THE WAY THIS MATTER WAS HANDLED IS A WELLCOME IDEAR, LETS BRING BACK PROPHETS MOSES IDEAR, NO NEED TO ARRANGE THIS TYPY OF PEOPLE BEFORE THE NIGERIAN COURTS. JUST FIRE THEM. WE DONT WANT TO KNOW HIS SOURCES OF INCOME, HOW HE FINANCES HIS GROUP OR THE INITIATOR, LET HIM GO AND TELL GOD. BOTH MUSLEM AND CHRISTIAN CONTINUE TO PRAY SO THAT WE WILL OVER COME SUCH AN UGLY PLAN

Re: "'I am happy about this news, weldone, the Nigerian police.' How do we educate our people?". Please tell Beauty (whatever that means)to go preach 'How do we educate our people' to the parents and relatives of those who have been cut down in their prime! These Human Rights groups are sometimes funny. Somebody is armed to the teeth to hew down innocent citizens, and somebody I assume is a human being is asking 'How do we educate our people'! Nigerian Police should have gone to Maiduguri market and bought Yusuf a sourvenir (preferably a rifle) for a job well done. Common, let's stop pretending to be holier than the Pope!

Our Judiciary are very wicked! unjust! illegal! and stupid! So the man was arrest in 2008 for such act and was set free! Oh My God! the blood of the lost souls this 2009 in the same cause of the man is in the head of Nigeria judiciary!That Judge that sent him free will soon die! you see how they are use to set criminals and terrorists free thereby causing catastrophy of killing innocent citizens. They are covering up but as the truth of Yusuf act has spring up in a year, by next year more Criminal, office holders, from Presidency to the last personin Aso rock and all states in Nigeria, God will purnish them all! More things will happen, lets watch out the part 11.

though the police was so lovely with their triggers on civilians, that's uncivilized anyway,because it does not allow investigations free-well! but for the fact that Yusuf was arrested in 2008 by the same police,(JOB WELL DONE) but for him to be was freed by the Court of Nigeria, let that Judge pay the prize more stupidly than the innocent Citizens casualties! I hate injustice.

well, for me i know that there's no smoke without fire. who knows if the nigerian police are telling us the truth that he has been killed,becouse they have tried so much in deceving $ misleading the nation at large over the lives $ properties that were entrusted in their care. the truth is that,if the animal (Yusuf) had been kept alive, maybe his so called godfathers would have realised him on bail so what are we talking about. nigeria is so corrupt that we no longer know who is who.but all i know is that God will surelly destroy whom so ever that is destroying his good works.

Well as it stands i am in complete support of eliminating this virus from our society. I really dont care about interogating him to find out the whom his sponsors are and where his weapons and funds come from. There is really no point keeping this miscreant alive to go thru our totally and completely corrupt judiciary system. As far as i am concerned the police either know by now who his sponsors are and as usual are hiding it or they should complete the job by investigating the remaining members of his sect that they have in custody to know who their sponsors are and hopefully make the results known to all Nigerians. If the bastard were kept alive and in custody his brain washed followers would have been making serious aggitations on the outside to get him back and this could easily lead to more mayhem and havoc wrecked on innocent lives. Again if he is allowed to go thru prosecution, chances are that he would-after a very long winding prosecution intended to mislead Nigerians from the fact, be once again set free. But just incase he is found guilty and publicly executed, he would become some sort of martyr or at least to his followers who would have viewed him as dying for a cause he really beleives in rather than being killed for criminal activities. This would lead to a situation where we will find more unscrupulous miscreants being inspired by this virus who is now a martyr. These inspired miscreant will then go ahead to continue with the works of their leader. So in any case and however you choose to look at it, Nigerians are better of with him dead. Keeping him alive leads to too many unacceptable options that will ultimately result in inoocent lood being shed.

Just as Dapso rightly said, i have always maintained and preached my stand that 'NIGERIA' cannot work, we are only deceiving ourselves and the earlier we embrace the truth, the better, it just hurts to see nothing working after almost 50years of independence. There is no need for a volient separation or the so called revolution some people are calling for. We simply should set up a 'separation conference' consisting of probably the existing legislature and legal branch of govt, they will sit and agree on separation, sharing of govt properties, local and foreign funds, then we say a 'happy' good bye to each other, in our quest to out do each other, the newly formed separate zones will be extra productive and disciplined which will result in gains to all parties, bilateral relationships will exist if we want. We are really fooling ourselves to think 'e go beta'...i have been hearing this 'e go beta' slogan for over 30 years now and we continually hope on a song and prayer that it is well....as Nigeria is almost 50yrs in existence and we still think foolishly that all is well, we will only jettison the great future of our children and children's children if ACTION is not taken NOW!

i support the extra-judicial execution of that mad leader of Boko Haram.To let him live is to make him a hero.Religious passion can be intoxicating.Islam itself forbids extremism, even in matters of faith.There are countless traditions in the Hadiths of the Holy Prophet(SAW) regarding that.He must be very foolish to think he can take on the state with such a crude doctrine coated with violence and survive.Govt.should henceforth react swiftly to any such matter in any part of the country.

Please check paragraph 2 - you said that 'Mr. Yusuf was arrested this afternoon'. This seems to conflict with the date of the posting and the overall message of the news

The Nigeria Police are guity of extra judicial killing. They have no respect for human rights and had deliberately killed Yusuf. When will the police begin to practise civilised behaviour and stop treating fellow Nigerians as if they are criminals.

good a thing he is dead.

MAY GOD FORGIVE USSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. NIGERIA NO NONSENSE ONLY CORRUPTION. MAY PEACE CONTINUE TO PREVAIL. NO WICKED SHALL GO SCOOT FREE BY GOD AND EVEN PEOPLE, SO WHERE IS THERE HIDING PLACE. GOD WIL EXPOSE U IF U HAPPENED TO BE ONE, EITHER KILLING OR DOING THINGS U KNOW IS BAD. SEARCH UR CONCIOUSE IF U ARE GUILTY OF ANY SINNNNNNNNNN N ASK GOD TO FORGIVE U B4 ITS TOO LATE. THANKS FOR ACCEPTING N ADMITTING THE TRUTH.

The Islamic leaders need to really educate the Moslem Youths on the importance of being enlightened. They should understand that their generation cannot survive by sword in our present day society. They need the western education as well as the Islamic education. I also think that some highly placed Moslems have prior knowledge of this TALIBANISTIC ACTION before it was hatched, otherwise, they would have been the major targets instead of the Government and the Christians.

If the so caalled Ahmadu is truly thier leader and is dead ,good its a niz development at least there will be peace to some extent in the northern states. Others should learn if they want to.NIGERIA is far far bigger than all these mess. The police should be at alert and must not tolerate nonsense again from them.RELIGION should be played wit love and not by force

mohammed yusuf was not known facially befor reported dead. any way glory be to God for his death. Now henceforth eagle eye should be set on northern states becourse we have more of his kind

I am really surprised by the barbarity displayed in much of the preceding comments. As usual, Nigerians will comment without understanding the full situation and without realising the damage their utternaces can cause. Mr Yusuf was captured by the Nigerian army who handed him over without any hassle to the Nigerian police. An hour later, the Nigerian police claim he was shot while trying to escape and here 'the people' are, jubilating. Did he not deserve a trial? On television reports, gunshot victims are seen, forced to the ground to be paraded before journalists and you are all happy as if the Nigerian Police is not well known for false accusations. Jubilate properly. One day, it will be your turn.

muslim leaders should teach their followers about islam and stop decieving them that they doing GOD favour nobody fights for GOD,And nigerian muslims should sit down and think about christianity coz is peaceful religion.futhermore we nigerian muslims should stop following those muslims country to commit sin against GOD There is only one TRUE GOD. end time is here and poeple will decieved by the devil.repent!

I am really happy about the recent happenings. I believe that people like yusuf are still very much around in the northern region. I would that investigation should be undertaken to further nab the likes of yusuf.

this country as a state does respect human life, that's why our security operatives would always kill suspects. that guy had the right to be charged. that is manslaughter on side of the fed. justice must take legal cause. that is the only way we can make changes in this country. the guy actually had to die for this but things like that should be handle by the courts. no nigerian army or police has the right to kill any nigerian robber, militant, sect leader, whoever until the court say so. we can't keep loosing information because of this guys.

He who kill by the sword die by the sword.I think is high time One educate the moslem faithful to respect the One Aalmighty God We worship.

in a country like ours,its sad to realise people can rejoice over senseless death,either of yusuf and his followers or the sect followers on thosethey killed. the big ouestion is why is the north underdeveloped despite the ptf funds,catchment areas,educationaly less priveledged states,disproportionate representation in the national assembly,greater no of local govts and thus greater allocation from the federation acct. pls what makes sense in this country?

now you wonder...that Ukrainian cargo plane detained in kano some weeks back? it was going where?

taiwo onabanjo may Allah reward you aboundantly,... i read on yahoo news when a nigerian reporter said that the cause of this violence is just due to the poverty level in nigeria and the high rate of corruption which the Boko harram members wish to change by also taking laws into their hands, please nigerians should learn to address issues from their root rather than paraphrasing...

rubbish human Rights, This man does not believe in anything western and the police meted the type of justice he believed back to him. I see the middle east countries involved in this mayhem. They believe that once 9ija is islamised then Africa is Islamised

We need a more intelligent group of soldiers in such a situation. The killing of Mohammed Yusuf is not the solution. He should have been caught alife for a thorough interrogation. As it stand, no body knows the source of their support and their stronghold. In case of next time the soldiers should not be in a hurry to kill such persons untill more informations has gotten from him.

That the sect leader is dead is good news, but no pictures of him or the corpse was shown as a proof. can we just take the police report at that...and for boko haram to have gone that far has shown how much lapses we have in our security, infact this is failure of intelligence on the side of the security personels or else how could an illiterate like muhammed yusuf could have been able to organise and coordinate a sect like that with arms and ammunitions cut across 7 states of the federation without the security noting any arms build up anywhere...