Abubakar
Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has threatened to carry out fresh
attacks in
Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.
The ancient
city has come under repeated attacks from the sect in the last one month.
In a video
obtained by Sahara Reporters, Shekau vowed to deal with the people living
in Maiduguri “because of their association with infidels”.
“You are
finished, you the people of Maiduguri, we will finish you for choosing the way
of the infidels, for embracing democracy,” said the sect leader who spoke in
Arabic.
Shekau also
denied the claim of the military that he sustained injuries in an air
raid.
He added
that if the military succeeds in capturing him, his ideology would outlive him.
“I am fine,
nothing has happened to me. I am even stronger than I was before,” he said.
“I am nothing.
Even if you capture me, you cannot capture the religion of Islam. You can
capture me today because I am nothing. But It won’t stop the religion of Allah
which we are committed to. This gun I am holding is nothing, we rely strongly
on the ultimate power of Almighty God.”
On July 22,
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, gave his men 40 days to capture Shekau
dead or alive.
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