Less than 24 hours after the Nigerian army declared Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist, and two others wanted, owing to their “links” to Boko Haram, the journalist has replied the Nigerian military.
In a statement posted on a website, salkida.com, Salkida said that he would soon visit the Nigeria to honour the summon by the Army authorities.
He added that he intended to get a ticket to visit the country as soon as possible.
The journalists reputed to have access to the leadership of the Boko Haram stressed that his planned visit to the country would come quicker if the Army authorities were able to send a ticket to him.
He said that he had made personal sacrifices to pursue the release of the missing Chibok girls.
Salkida said that his status as a professional journalist who effectively reported the Boko Haram insurgency was known to everybody.
Read the full statement below:
“My attention has been drawn to a public notice put out by the Nigerian Army and signed by Col. Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations. The statement declaring me wanted seeks culpable grounds to punish me on account of “last two videos released by Boko Haram terrorists and other findings…” by the Army.
“Clearly, my status as a Nigerian journalist who has reported extensively, painstakingly and consistently, the Boko Haram menace in the country since 2006 is an open book known to Nigerians and the international community. Equally, my total allegiance and sacrifice to the Federal Republic of Nigeria is self evident. I have stayed within the creed of professional journalism in my work.
“As a testimony to the credible and professional values of my access, since May 2015, l have been to Nigeria three times on the invitation of Federal Government agencies. I made personal sacrifices for the release of our Chibok daughters.
“Finally, the Army is aware that I am not in Nigeria. In the coming days I will seek to get a flight to Abuja and avail myself to the Army authorities. Indeed, my return will be hastened if the Military sends me a ticket.”
WuzupNaija recalls that after the terror group Boko Haram released a video on the internet on Friday showing some of the schools girls abducted in Chibok, the Federal Government has released a statement on the released video.
In the statement made public on Sunday, August 14, 2016, by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the FG said it is doing everything possible to secure the release of the Chibok girls and put an end to the horrible saga of their abduction.
It also added that it was in touch with members of the terror group, saying it was being cautious in order to establish that it was dealing with the right people
