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<p>Former presidential aide, Mallam Garba Shehu, has disputed assertions made by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan that his predecessor, the late President Muhammadu Buhari, was ever designated by the Boko Haram militant faction to act as their negotiator.</p>
<p>Responding to Jonathan’s observations during the public launch of a book by former Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor (Rtd), in Abuja on Friday, Shehu characterized the declaration as inaccurate.</p>
<p>He stated that if Jonathan’s words were meant to serve as an early campaign platform for a potential 2027 presidential bid, then “he is making a false start.”</p><div class="pKdjfOrr" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>Shehu asserted that neither Mohammed Yusuf, the initial leader of Boko Haram, nor his follower, Abubakar Shekau, at any point selected Buhari for such a role.</p>
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<p>On the contrary, he emphasized that Shekau persistently vilified and menaced Buhari, a consequence of their diametrically opposed beliefs.</p>
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<p>He reflected on the 2014 incident where Buhari had a close escape from a Boko Haram detonation in Kaduna, an event that resulted in injuries to members of his staff.</p>
<p>“Buhari’s electoral platforms were centered on confronting Boko Haram and reestablishing national security upon his election, placing him in direct conflict with the commanders of the terrorist organization,” Shehu remarked</p>
<p>Shehu added that Buhari himself had disavowed any awareness of such a proposal when the matter emerged in 2011.</p>
<p>Referencing a subsequent declaration by Buba Galadima, then secretary of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), he recounted that Buhari had rejected the account as “mere conjecture,” as he had received no direct communication.</p>
<p>At that time, Shehu noted, Buhari affirmed that as a dedicated citizen, his continued commitment was to offer prayers for the nation’s peace.</p>
<p>The former aide explained that the misconception stemmed from an event where a Boko Haram splinter cell, potentially backed by Buhari’s adversaries, held a media briefing in Maiduguri. A man known as Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulaziz asserted that the group favored Buhari, alongside other northern figures like the late Shettima Ali Monguno and Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim, to serve as intermediaries.</p>
<p>Shehu underscored that Abdulaziz’s pronouncements were promptly repudiated by followers of Shekau, who stated he lacked the authority to represent the collective.</p>
<p>During that period, the CPC’s publicity secretary, the late Rotimi Fashekun, had also censured the Jonathan administration and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for capitalizing on the alleged nomination for political advantage.</p>
<p>Fashekun had labeled it “the latest gambit in the desire of the corrupt PDP-led government to divert attention from the massive looting of the people’s common patrimony.”</p>
<p>He maintained that Buhari had never been associated with any militant activity, depicting him as an “exemplary nationalist,” while simultaneously alleging the PDP government’s own involvement in the nation’s security challenges.</p>
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