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Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the series of bomb blasts that occurred in Bauchi, Abuja and Zaria\u00a0 after President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s inauguration last Sunday.<\/p>\n

The worst incident was at an army barracks in Bauchi in which at least 14 people died.
The sect\u2019s spokesman said it was also responsible for killing one Abba Anas Ibn Umar Garbai,the brother of the Shehu of Borno, one of Nigeria\u2019s most important Islamic leaders.<\/p>\n

The sect has been behind numerous recent assassinations in Borno state.<\/p>\n

For the past eight months, sect members have been fighting a guerrilla war in Borno, killing policemen and people they believe were helping the security services in the fight against them.<\/p>\n

Sect spokesman Abu Zayd told the BBC\u2019s Hausa Service that serving members of the Nigerian army had been used to carry out the bombings in the Bauchi barracks on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Some soldiers wanted to join the sect and had been used as a way of testing their loyalty to Boko Haram, he said.
But Nigerian army spokesman Brig-Gen Raphael Isa rejected the allegation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not correct. Let him publish the names of those pledging loyalty to Boko Haram,\u201d he told the BBC News website.
\u201cThis is not a banana republic. We are one army united and very very loyal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Zayd said the sect was also behind the killing of Abba Anas Ibn Umar Garbai, who was killed by gunmen outside his home in Maiduguri on Monday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe are the ones responsible for the killing of the junior brother of the Shehu of Borno,\u201d he said.
The Shehu of Borno is one of Nigeria\u2019s most prominent religious figures \u2013 second only to the Sultan of Sokoto, the spiritual leader of Nigeria\u2019s Muslims.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we always say, these traditional institutions are being used to track and hunt us, that is why we attack them,\u201d Mr Zayd said.
\u201cWe are doing what we are doing to fight injustice, if they stop their satanic ways of doing things and the injustices, we would stop what we are doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Officials say 16 people died in the explosions in Bauchi, Zuba, Zaria, hometown of Vice-President Namadi Sambo, and Maiduguri.
The first attack came only hours after President Jonathan was sworn in for his first full four-year term of office in the capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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