Shekau Declares Gwosa A Caliphate Republic (Video)
A new video obtained by news agency, AFP showed Boko Haram’s leader,
Abubakar Shekau declaring
that he has created an Islamic caliphate in Gwoza, Borno State in Northeast
Nigeria.
Shekau in the 52-minute video, said the town was now under his control and
that it had “nothing to do with Nigeria.”
Read below the full text of Shekau’s statement in the latest video:
“We are grateful to Allah for the big victory he granted our members in Gwoza
and made the town part of our Islamic Caliphate. “Oh you people, here I am
Abubakar Shekau, still standing on my feet. I am still the leader of Jama’atu
Ahlissunnah Lid Da’awati wal Jihad, that county called Nigeria; a name we
don’t believe; but forced to address as such because it has no better name.
“For us there is nothing like Nigeria but Islamic Caliphate; because God the
creator of the world and the earth we are all standing is the sole owner of
the earth and no one else. So we have no option but obey the owner of the sky
that is above us, even as He is the owner of the earth. We Muslims obey our
Creator. “Oh people of the world, Allah has granted us victory in the town of
Gwoza, not because of our might but because we are committed to do His work.
Oh people, I chose to deliver this message in order to refute the lies being
spread by the government, about the operations we had in recent times.
“We warn the Vigilante, called Civilian JTF to back out. If not, there will be
no place for them to hide. We have evidences of how you killed some of our
brethren whom you would ask if they are Boko Haram before you kill them.We
know how you humiliated them by asking them if they had ever carried guns or
killed someone; we know everything about the evil you committed against our
brethren.
“We still have the magnanimity of asking you to repent; because you will never
succeed in this way by the grace of Allah and I swear by Allah that we will
never stop killing you because Allah commanded us to kill people like you. If
we pity you and spare you, one day you will become infidels, so to us having
pity on you is an act of disbelief. You can continue to run or hide your
identities in women’s attire, but we will get to you and remove the women
clothing off you. Then while you are shouting for mercy, we will strike, smash
your heads and kill you all.
“Even if you don’t do anything to us we will kill you. We would do it even to
avenge our brethren. You killed our brethren in large numbers. We don’t joke
with religion. (Quoting from the Koran) – “There is no hypocrisy in this
religion. It is only the truth.” Therefore, woe on to you, vigilante. Woe on
to you. It is Allah that torments you and even tomorrow Allah will torment
you. By Allah you will never achieve your aim. I swear by Allah.
“This is the life for us; it is our world and we are living it out. How can
one fear these American people if one is indeed a believer? One needs not to.
This is the speech I have to make which is a warning for worse things to come.
Better submit to Allah before it becomes too late.”
But the Nigeria Military swiftly responded, saying the claim was empty and
that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Nigerian state was still
intact. “Any group of terrorists laying claim to any portion of the country
will not be allowed to get away with the expression of delusion and crime,” it
said. “Appropriate military operations to secure that area from the activities
of the bandits is still ongoing.”
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