Boko Haram tell President Jonathan he is the one who needs Amnesty from them

Boko Haram leader Ibrahim Shekau has recently released an audio clip in which he dismissed the reported amnesty grant by the Federal Government.

In the 30-minute clip, he said (in Arabic, Hausa, and English):

"We are surprise that today it is the Federal Government saying it will grant us amnesty. Oh God, is it we who will grant you amnesty or you are the one to grant us amnesty?

What have we done? If there is room for forgiveness, we are not going to do it until God give us permission to do it. Have you forgotten your sin, have you forgotten what you have done to us in Plateau the state you called Jos?

We emerge to avenge killings of our Muslim brothers and the destruction of our religion."

It will be recalled that President Jonathan has recently set up a so-called "Amnesty Committee" to work on the process of granting amnesty to the dreaded Islamist sect.

In the recording, Shekau said that they (Boko Haram members) should be the ones who should give amnesty to the Federal Government. However, they are still not ready to do that.