Abubakar Shekau, has said he is still
alive practising “Quranism and not
“Sociologists” together with members of
his sect.
Shekau said this in a new video which
lasted for 38 minutes and 36 seconds
released by the sect on Sunday.
The factional Boko Haram leader, who
spoke in Kanuri, Arabic and Hausa
languages, said his ‘brethren’ must be
released, if he must “bring back the
Chicok girls.” He was with two armed
bodyguards in the video.
Shekau, in the video, mocked President
Muhammadu Buhari, his Chadian
counterpart, Idris Derby, whom he
described as infidels.
He also faulted Buhari and the Chief of
Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai’s
declaration that the military had
overrun the sect, saying the terrorists
could never be defeated because they
were fighting Prophet Mohammed’s
cause.
An online medium, Sahara Reporters ,
which interpreted Shekau’s
vituperations, said the Boko Haram
leader warned the people of Kano and
Kaduna to repent because they were in
trouble for betraying the cause of
Uthman Dan Fodio, the founder of the
Sokoto Caliphate.
Shekau also mocked the
BringBackOurGirls campaigners, saying,
they should also bring back ‘our
brethren,’ while he boasted that Buhari
and Buratai were only bragging and
dishing out false assumption about
crushing the Boko Haram sect.
But the Nigerian Army has said that
Shekau is insane.
The Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an
electronic mail on Sunday that the video
released by the sect on Sunday
confirmed the suspicion that Shekau had
become mentally sick.
Usman said the appearance of Shekau in
the video in which he tried to deny the
aerial attack on his hideout during
which he was wounded only confirmed
that he was close to his end.
The acting Army spokesman advised
Nigerians to discountenance the
content of the video as the military was
making sustained efforts to clear the
remnants of the insurgents and rescue
all captives including the Chibok girls.
“The attention of the Nigerian Army has
been drawn to a video clip released by
the so-called Abubakar Shekau faction of
the remnants of the Boko Haram
terrorists group this morning.
“In it, the purported leader of the group,
in his usual insane manner, made all
sorts of assertions to the point of
threatening various towns, groups and
individuals.
“He also tried albeit failingly to deny the
air raid by the Nigerian Air Force in
which he was wounded.
“The video has shown beyond all
reasonable doubt the earlier suspicion
that the purported factional terrorists
group leader is mentally sick and
unstable. The ranting is also another
sign that the end is near for him which
is part of the signs of all wicked people.
“The Nigerian Army wishes to assure
the public that they should not be
bothered by the contents of the video
clip. This is because the facts on the
ground speak for themselves. It is public
knowledge that the military has been
making concerted efforts to clear the
remnants of the terrorists and to rescue
all persons held hostage by them
especially the abducted Chibok
secondary schoolgirls.”
He said the military was determined to
ensure that Boko Haram was stopped no
matter how long it would take.
He stressed that the Army had already
released thousands of captives from the
insurgent group.
He assured the residents of Maiduguri,
Kano, Kaduna and Zaria of the
readiness of the military to defend them
and to deal with the Boko Haram’s
threat.
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