Boko Haram ‘leader’, Shekau, vows to attack Buhari
In the latest video, Shekau
also vowed to attack the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.Gen. Tukur
Buratai, as well as the Acting Director, Army Public Relations (DAPR),
Col. Sani Usman.
The latest video is coming
few days after the controversial sect leader purportedly spoke, to
refute claims that his deputy, Abu Musab Al-barnawi, had assumed the
leadership of the local terrorist group, which has threatened the
sovereignty of the Nigerian State.
Flanked by heavily-armed
fighters, Shekau referred to President Buhari and others as “infidels”,
while challenging the military to be prepared for what he suggests, may
be the most vicious attack in the country.
He also indicated in the
video, that was recorded in Arabic and Hausa languages, his plot to
extend the planned attacks to other parts of the world.
“To you, President Buhari,
very soon you will see us inside your home the presidential palace. You
will hear from us right in there by the will of God.
“Abuja will hear from us very
soon. We will demolish infidel and bring down the green white green and
replace it with our flag. And under that flag, we shall worship Allah
and we shall bring justice to all of you.
“Don’t think it is only this
weapon that will aid us to destroy you but Allah will assist us to do
this. Die you all in your rage. We are out to wage war on the world,” he
had said.
The re-appearance of the
leader of Boko Haram at this time, no doubt, introduces a new twist to
the claim by the military, that he (Shekau) had died over a year ago,
during a counter-terrorism operation in the North East.
In the meantime, the seeming
leadership crisis besetting the sect has yet to abate, as Shekau
reaffirmed his control over the group, whose bloodletting campaign had
resulted in the deaths of over fifteen thousands people.
This was as he restated his group’s allegiance to the Islamic State (IS).
