Boko Haram leader Imam Abubakar
Shekau has made another video appearance, daring the United States and others.
He said none of the world powers
could locate his whereabouts, no matter how hard they try. Besides, Shekau
vowed that the sect would attack Abuja – the seat of the government and the
refineries – the symbol of Nigeria’s economic power.
In a 56-minute video in which Shekau
mixed Arabic, Hausa, English and Kanuri, he declared war against those he
described as infidels, including Christians.
He also spoke on the fate of the
girls...
, who have been converted to Islam.
He said: “I am going to marry all
these girls off; you cannot see them again. We will sell them in the market;
there is a market where I will sell them.
“If you bring three trillion troops,
we will not release the girls. We stand to deal with infidels.
“If they catch me, it does not stop
me from what I am doing. They said anybody that catches me will be given
$50million. So I am important; Obama and Jonathan are unimportant.
“You are looking for who? It is not
a new thing that they are catching children and selling them. It is the owner
that puts them in the market.
“We are stronger than America
anywhere they are. If you want to defend do so because I am ready.
“Where do you say you will come and
look for me? Do you know where I am since all these days?
“You are just searching in vain by
looking at every nook and cranny.
“I don’t have a land; anywhere I
find myself is my land because all land belongs to God.”
Shekau likened the sect’s campaign
to the one in Afghanistan signposting a link with Al-Qaeda.
He said: “The war we are fighting is
like the ones in Afghanistan and Iraq, it is the war against Christians and
infidels.
“Those fighting in Afghanistan,
Iraq, Indonesia, Pakistan, Yemen, Mali are my brothers. We will do Jihad.
This is my message.”
Shekau took on many countries and
world leaders.
The list includes the US, Britain,
France, Germany, Russia, China, Israel and Italy
He said: “Some of you (like Germany,
Russia, China, Italy) think because we do not mention your names, you think we
don’t know you people are involved.
“If I catch Jonathan, Obama and
others I am going to sell them. Don’t think I am joking. God, you are my
witness.
“If you (Obama, Jonathan, others)
seek God’s forgiveness, He forgives. He is a merciful God. If you don’t seek
forgiveness, I am going to cut you into pieces.”
He went on: “You Jonathan, you are
watching me. If you like, go and bring everybody all over the world, you cannot
do anything. Bring up human rights issue, you don’t know anything. Do Nigerians
know their rights?
“I am the President; there is no
President in Nigeria; there is no President in the world. I am the President in
Islam and in the world.”
Shekau vowed that the spate of
killings by the sect would continue in any part of the country.
He added: “We will kill until we get
tired. We will kill all infidels until we get tired. We will kill unbelievers
like chicken. We will tie them. We have decided what we will do.
“Any amount let them spend; we will
bring this country down. We are stronger than America anywhere they are.
“We will open a killing pool for all
those who have insulted us like George Bush, Obama and even Jonathan.
“I pledge to Allah my God to be
faithful, loyal and honest. And you to your country. We will know who God will
answer between you and I.
“There is no government existing in
Nigeria. Do you think you have government?”
On the sect’s recurring attacks on
FCT, the Boko Haram leader said the sect would also not ceasefire.
He added: “We are in Abuja, we will
cause havoc. We will do Jihad. We are all Abuja residents. Very soon, we will
come to Abuja.
“We are going to the refineries. We
are going to the unbelievers. We won’t go to your (Jonathan’s) state; we will
go to where there are refineries.”
Shekau listed the sect’s grouses
against some world powers, including opposition to western education, democracy
and homosexuality.
He said: “The war we are fighting is
against democracy, constitution, Christianity and Western Education.
“I don’t have any relationship with
Saudi Arabia, they are nothing. They are also unbelievers. I don’t follow white
men. I am not going to follow anybody except God. I won’t have any relationship
with anybody than God.
“You say you want to use democracy
to cheat us or to deceive us. You are talking of government of the people by
the people for the people. I am talking of the government of Allah by the Allah
for the Allah
“What is the essence of allowing a
female to marry a female? I don’t understand what they are saying. They said it
is about freedom which I do not understand.”
Source:
thenationonlineng.com
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