Shekau Alive! Appears in New Video- He his Mentality Derailed Says Nigerian Army
Category: Boko Haram News
Man who claims to be Abubakar Shekau denies report by the Nigerian army that he had been seriously wounded.
Shekau has
appeared in a video posted on social media, rejecting statements by the
country's military that he had been seriously wounded in an air strike.
"You have been spreading in the social media that you
injured or killed me," the man purporting to be Abubakar Shekau, leader
of the armed group, said in the 40-minute video released on YouTube on
Sunday.
Last month, Nigeria's air force said it had killed senior members of the group, adding that Shekau had been seriously wounded.
The Nigerian military has said it killed or critically
wounded Shekau numerous times in recent years, often just before someone
who claims to be him shoots a video denying it.
While they all sport Shekau's distinctive beard, the grainy
quality of the footage means it is not always possible to confirm if the
person is the same as in previous videos.
"I will not get killed until my time comes," said the man in
the video addressed to "tyrants of Nigeria in particular and the west
of Africa in general".
Speaking in Hausa, Arabic and English and in dialects spoken in northeast Nigeria he appeared to be in good physical health.
He used the video to issue threats against President
Muhammadu Buhari, who appealed to the United Nations this week for help
in negotiating the release of the more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls
kidnapped by the group more than two years ago.
"If you want your girls, bring back our brethren," Shekau said.
Nigerian armed forces spokesman Sani Usman downplayed the video released on Sunday.
"He ... tried, albeit failing, to deny the air raid by the Nigerian Air Force in which he was wounded," Usman said.
"The video has shown beyond all reasonable doubt the earlier
suspicion that the purported factional terrorist group leader is
mentally sick and unstable."
Separately, the army said "suspected remnants" of Boko Haram
attacked troops near Logomani, in northern Borno state, in the early
hours of Sunday.
"Our troops fought gallantly and … the troops counted
22 dead bodies of Boko Haram fighters," it said in a statement. Four
soldiers were killed and two wounded.
Boko Haram has killed about 20,000 people and displaced more
than two million in a seven-year insurgency aimed at creating a state
adhering to strict Islamic laws.
It controlled a swath of land in northeast Nigeria about the
size of Belgium at the end of 2014 but was pushed out by Nigerian
troops, aided by soldiers from neighboring countries, early last year.
Source: Aljazeera
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