Nigeria’s Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau Claims Victories Over Military In New Video
The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists said his group has scored several victories against the military during an ongoing offensive wh...
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The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists said his group has scored several victories against the military during an ongoing offensive while themselves sustaining little damage, in a video seen by AFP on Tuesday.
“Since we started this ongoing war which they call state of emergency ... in some instances soldiers who faced us turned and ran,” Abubakar Shekau said in the hour-long video.
He claimed Nigerian forces “threw down their arms in flight.”
He called on like-minded Islamists in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
“We call to us our brethren in these countries I mentioned. Oh! Our brethren, come to us,” he said in the video, which alternates between Arabic and the Hausa language spoken across northern Nigeria.
Nigeria launched an offensive against Boko Haram on May 15, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the country’s northeast, the Islamist insurgents’ stronghold.
The video was delivered to AFP through an intermediary in a manner similar to previous Boko Haram messages. The images of Shekau in the video are consistent with those previously released.
The Boko Haram leader was designated a global terrorist by the United States last year.
He claimed Nigerian forces “threw down their arms in flight.”
He called on like-minded Islamists in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
“We call to us our brethren in these countries I mentioned. Oh! Our brethren, come to us,” he said in the video, which alternates between Arabic and the Hausa language spoken across northern Nigeria.
Nigeria launched an offensive against Boko Haram on May 15, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the country’s northeast, the Islamist insurgents’ stronghold.
The video was delivered to AFP through an intermediary in a manner similar to previous Boko Haram messages. The images of Shekau in the video are consistent with those previously released.
The Boko Haram leader was designated a global terrorist by the United States last year.
time will tell
ReplyDeleteU will surelly die dis week nitori inira lo je fun orile ede nigeria
ReplyDeleteI man can not fight a country and win, sooner or later his cup will full and then there will be no hiden place for him!!!
ReplyDeleteWhy are you calling for help ,if Nigerian troops are running away from your irrational army of illiterates.
ReplyDeleteHow can you force a religion on people.
I decree that the Holy Ghost will cause you to make mistake and this will lead to your arrest.
I am not interested in your death,because God is not interested in the death of a sinner.
You will preach this Jesus,before you die,then you shall know,who is the real Boss.
His days are numbered He should go and ask Osama Bin Laden You cannot fight the whole world and win Islamic state my foot. He reasons like an idiot His Jihad will not work
ReplyDeleteNigeria Armed Forces please finish this war fast without listening to opinion of the world