KANO (AFP) – The leader of Nigeria’s Boko
Haram Islamists, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed a
daring December 20 raid on a military barracks in
the restive northeast, in a video obtained by AFP
Friday.
The insurgents stormed the barracks in the town
of Bama in a convoy of trucks before sunrise,
opened fired on the soldiers inside then torched
the compound. Several witnesses said the
gunmen kidnapped soldiers as well as women and
children.
“Our fighters stormed the Bama barracks,” Shekau
said, while seated on a mat and flanked by a
group of armed men.
Shekau has released a series of videos since
taking control of the rebel group more than three
years ago. The latest recorded statement was
delivered to AFP through the same channel as
previous messages.
“This is a victory from Allah,” said the wanted
insurgent leader after claiming to have destroyed
“21 armoured tanks” and killed “multitudes” in the
raid.
The military has not released a death toll from
the barracks attack and rescue agencies have
largely been barred from working in the northeast
since at a state of emergency was declared in the
area in May.
According to the defence ministry, more than 50
“terrorists” were killed when ground forces backed
by fighter jets pursued the fleeing Islamists after
the raid.
Residents told AFP that an unknown number of
civilians were killed and four villages destroyed
during the military response.
Shekau has been declared a global terrorist by the
United States, which put a $7 million (5.1 million
euros) bounty on his head. Nigeria has separately
offered 50 million naira ($300,000) for information
leading to his capture or death.
In the video, Shekau appeared to mock the notion
that one of his loyalists would betray him in
exchange for a reward.
“What is 50 million naira? We do not worship
money. As for those who are in our midst, Allah
has taken care of them,” he said.
The Bama attack was the second major strike on
the military in the northeast this month and was
seen as a reminder that more than seven months
into a military offensive aimed at crushing the
insurgency, Boko Haram remains capable of
striking high profile targets.
The group’s four-year insurgency, which seeks to
create an Islamic state in Nigeria’s mainly Muslim
north, has killed thousands.

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