The spiritual warfare against Boko Haram has
officially commenced in Borno state.
Babagana Zulum, the governor, has secretly
recruited 1,000 traditional hunters from different
parts of the north-east and north-west.
They are believed to possess supernatural
powers to resist gun shots and also disappear
and appear — like Japanese ninjas.
Zulum, a professor of engineering, has become
apprehensive over the resurgence of Boko
Haram in his state despite the efforts of the
military.
Last week, the Nigerian army organised a
seminar on using spiritual warfare to counter
insurgency.
Zulum had only Friday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia,
directly engaged 30 devotees for daily
supplication around Ka’aba, Islam’s holiest
site, to pray for peace in the state which has
been the epicentre of the insurgency since July
2009.
A source familiar with the secret recruitment
said the governor may have decided to try
unconventional means to supplement efforts of
the military.
W learnt that the recruitment was
intensified in the last two weeks with the
traditional hunters armed and administered the
oath of allegiance using the Qur’an, Islam’s
most sacred book.
The hunters are largely Muslims.
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