‘Shekau’ Blasts Army in New Audio Message
A new audio message purportedly from Boko Haram leader,
Abubakar Shekau, called the Nigerian army liars for saying troops have
regained territory from the sect.
Nigeria’s military said on Friday it had recaptured villages and
rescued 90 people in a process that involved the “continuous
elimination” of the group from Nigerian territory.
“They have lied about us saying that they
retaken our territories,
taken weapons and driven us away,” the group said in the recording
posted online.
“They are actually the ones whom we have driven away. They are all liars.”
Reuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the audio
message. The Twitter feed of jihad monitoring site Site Intelligence
said the Hausa language audio message was released by Shekau on
Saturday.
Boko Haram has been fighting for six years to set up a state adhering
to strict Islamic laws and at the start of 2015 controlled vast swathes
of territory across three states in northeast Nigeria.
Nigeria’s army, aided by troops from Chad, Niger and Cameroon, said
it pushed Boko Haram out of most of the territory earlier this year.
Suspected members of Boko Haram have killed around 800 people in
Nigeria in a spate of bombings and shootings since President Muhammadu
Buhari was inaugurated as president on May 29, according to a Reuters
tally.
In the recording, Shekau also made references to Buhari’s visits to
United States President, Barack Obama and French President Francois
Hollande in July and September respectively.
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