Leader of the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunnah Lid Da'awati wal Jihad, Ibrahim Shekau, yesterday released an audio clip in which he dismissed the reported moves by the Federal Government to consider granting amnesty to the sect.
In the 30-minute recording, Shekau, who spoke in Hausa, Arabic and English, said it was the government that should be seeking for amnesty of his group, which is also known as Boko Haram, and not the other way round.
But he said even though the sect is the one wronged and the one that should be asked for amnesty it, it was not ready to grant any pardon to the government.
"We are surprise that today it is the Federal Government