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.

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.


[/b]“Our fighters stormed the Bama barracks,” [/b]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.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/boko-haram-says-attacks-barracks-victory-allah/

okosodo: He should thank allah that the mohammed‘s and musa‘s in the army are sabotaging the army‘s effort.