Boko Haram’s factional leader Abubakar Shekau has released a new video in which he ventilated his frustration on the continued bombardment by troops leading to loss of his supporters to the Nigerian Army.
This is about the first time the terrorist group leader would admit to superior firepower of the Nigerian military.
In the video, delivered in Hausa Language, Shekau expressed his frustration on the continued hostility by troops, pleaded with his non-combatant members across Nigeria to pick up arms and help him fight till he drops dead.
He added that the latest claim by the military that the group had been sent packing from Sambisa forest was false and boasted that he is still in Sambisa forest and still controls the territory.
Military sources, however, had earlier told Nigerians not to panic over whatever was called Abubakar Shekau’s video as, according to them, “As far as we are concerned, there is no Shekau.”
They said but “we keep having resurrection of Shekau through videos, not problem. But We can assure you, let new Shekau continue to emerge, we will continue to neutralize him”.
