Boko Haram Leader Proclaims ‘Islamic Caliphate’ In Nigeria

KANO ( AFP) – Boko Haram’s leader said he has created an Islamic caliphate in a northeast Nigeria town seized by the insurgents earlier this month, in a video obtained by AFP on Sunday.

“Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in (the town of) Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate,” Abubakar Shekau said in the 52-minute video.

He declared that Gwoza, in Borno state, now has “nothing to do with Nigeria”.

“By the grace of Allah we will not leave the town. We have come to stay,” said Shekau, who has been designated a global terrorist by the United States and sanctioned by the UN Security Council.

The United Nations humanitarian office (OCHA) earlier this month confirmed reports that Gwoza was under rebel control.

Boko Haram is also believed to be in control of other areas near Gwoza in southern Borno, as well as large swathes of territory in northern Borno and at least one town in neighbouring Yobe state.

Mapping the precise areas which have fallen into Islamist hands is nearly impossible.

There are few humanitarian workers on the ground in the northeast, travel is dangerous and the region, which has been under a state of emergency since May of last year, has poor mobile phone coverage.

Experts have described Boko Haram’s gains in recent weeks as unprecedented, saying the group was closer than ever to achieving its goal of carving out a strict Islamic state across northern Nigeria.

But many analysts believe the military has the capacity to reverse the insurgents’ advance.

Soldiers this week refused to deploy to Gwoza without better weapons in an apparent mutiny.


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Trouble and more trouble beckoning!Before we know it,they will start getting more adequate funding and more sophisticated weapons from the sponsors of the Syrian and Iraqi's ISIS,another deadly Islamic state terrorist group who have carved out a larger portion of Syria and Iraq and formed an Islamic Caliphate!The all powerful American army coupled with the remnants of Iraqi army and the combined force of the European Union are currently finding very difficult to contend with the heavily armed ISIS which has taken over 85% of Iraq and some parts of Syria!The ISIS recently got hold of large cache of latest American weapons on their raids on the Iraqi military armory!

RELIGION IS A BIG PROBLEM

time to act is now. any advancement on the part of Isis is going to be an inspiration for BH. I think its time we muster all our force and push them out and make sure they stay out.

Now we know where to look for them, can our military forces move in already!