Abubakar Shekau, the leader of
Islamist militant group Boko Haram, has appeared in a new propaganda video
dismissing claims of his killing by the Nigerian military.
In the latest video, just released
by the Islamist terrorist group, Mr. Shekau spoke at length on his reported
death in a 36-minute video. The video was originally obtained by the
French news agency AFP.
The Boko Haram leader said his sect had instituted sharia rule across areas captured by his fighters in the northeastern parts of Nigeria. Last month, Boko Haram militants captured several towns including Gwoza which the group named as its headquarters.
A Nigerian military source told SaharaReporters moments ago that Nigerian intelligence agents were yet to study the new video. He said they could only authenticate the video after a thorough analysis of the new tape.
The Boko Haram leader said his sect had instituted sharia rule across areas captured by his fighters in the northeastern parts of Nigeria. Last month, Boko Haram militants captured several towns including Gwoza which the group named as its headquarters.
A Nigerian military source told SaharaReporters moments ago that Nigerian intelligence agents were yet to study the new video. He said they could only authenticate the video after a thorough analysis of the new tape.
The Nigerian and Cameroonian
military authorities recently claimed they had killed Mr. Shekau during a
battle in Konduga near Maiduguri. Even so, SaharaReporters exclusively reported
that the Boko Haram figure who was killed was one Mohammed Bashir.
Nigerian military officials insisted
that Mr. Shekau was a nick name assumed by Mr. Bashir and several other
Islamist insurgent killed in operations by the Nigerian military.
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