The Boko Haram sect on Sunday released a new video which showed the insurgents parading an unnamed captured own on an armoured tank.

The Boko Haram video, obtained by the AFP, also showed the group’s leader Abubakar Shekau preaching to residents of the captured town.

It was not possible to tell whether the footage was staged for propaganda purposes, especially scenes of residents cheering Islamist fighters.

The message appeared to be aimed at reinforcing Shekau’s claim that he has created a caliphate within Nigeria.

In the 44-minute video, AFP reports that Boko Haram voices support for other so-called caliphates, including the one proclaimed in Iraq and Syria by the Islamic State (IS) group.

Shekau, who is pictured in closeup shots with rare clarity, again dismisses government claims about ceasefire talks.

The video, which was delivered through the same channels as past messages, shows armed men lined along a well-paved road, with three pick-up trucks bristling with heavy weapons also visible.

Black, crested flags associated with the Islamist group are also shown.

Later, an armoured vehicle rolls down the road lined with both fighters and individuals who appear to be residents of the town.

Boko Haram has released a series of videos showing similar military hardware, equipment it says was stolen from the Nigerian military. Such claims have been impossible to verify.

No women or girls are seen on the street or anywhere else in the footage.

Most of the message is taken up by a sermon from Shekau, delivered indoors but apparently played on a speaker to locals assembled outside.

“We have indeed established an Islamic caliphate,” he said, restating a claim he first made in August.

The images of the sermon include unusually clear closeups of the Nigerian militant leader.

Shekau has previously expressed solidarity with other jihadist groups and leaders.

In the latest video, he seemed to associate territory under his control with a wider, global caliphate, but did not submit to the authority of any other jihadi leader.

“To everyone living in Islamic Caliphate, we convey our greetings,” he said, specifically mentioning “brethren” in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Shishan (an Islamist term for Chechnya), Yemen, Somalia and “the Caliphate in Iraq and Syria.”

A graphic shown later includes a picture the IS group’s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as well as a portion of the message his group issued on July 1 proclaiming a caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Iraq on Sunday was investigating whether Baghdadi was killed in air strikes by US-led coalition warplanes.

Nigeria maintains it is still negotiating with Boko Haram envoys in neighbouring Chad and that a disputed October 17 ceasefire declaration remains viable.

Violence has however continued and the Islamists are believed to control more than two dozen towns and villages in the northeast.

“There is no truce between me and Nigerian tyrants,” Shekau said, dismissing the credibility of Danladi Amhadu, the purported rebel negotiator.”

“This person Danladi… if he thinks he can, let him show his face. By Allah, we will kill him,” the Islamist leader said.


Source http://www.punchng.com/news/bharam-parades-captured-town-preaches-to-residents/

And we have a C - in - C that can be compared to mandiba, MLK Jr, etc.

Abeg make jona go beg shekarau make we have peace.

Boko haram can hold a revival or retreat or better still holy ghost conference, i seriously don't give a damn, their kinsmen asked for sharia, now they are getting. let them enjoy the madness they started

Dear GEJ.
no one negotiates from a position of weakness.
that is why Shekau will never take you serious.
pommel him into submission first then offer him scraps in a ceasefire, not the situation we are in where he holds the knife and the yam and the palm oil and the stove and the pot and the... you catch my drift.

Nigerians have reposed sooo much of their faith in you, I haven't, I have cast my lot with shores far from here. But for the wider population who trust you, pray for you, believe in you, please do not let them down in this matter, do not play politics with their lives, let not their blind loyalties on religious or ethnic lines, or even your blind ambition be-cloud your duties.

Dear GEJ, defeat this menace, you have the wherewithal to do so...

This is happening in our country and our leaders are busy toward 2015 election...i rest my case.

brownlord:
Boko haram can hold a revival or retreat or better still holy ghost conference, i seriously don't give a damn, their kinsmen asked for sharia, now they are getting. let them enjoy the madness they started

Exactly. Let them tell us where they were when bh was recruiting their neighbors. This is the sharia law they forced into the constitution. Let them enjoy the trash they're trying to push on the rest of us.

brownlord:
Boko haram can hold a revival or retreat or better still holy ghost conference, i seriously don't give a damn, their kinsmen asked for sharia, now they are getting. let them enjoy the madness they started

Very unfortunate but true that Boko Haram is a creation of the political Sharia mentality of some northern governors. I hope Yerima and Co can see that the lions they created is coming to devour them. However, I believe that Boko Haram can be easily defeated by the Nigerian Armed forces.

end time tins.

Nigeria on the brink.
GEJ until APC brings a credible candidate.

This government is a monumental disgrace. Terrorist are holding portions of Nigeria territory and they are calm, taking their precious time. Even a non military person like me knows that the more time an enemy is given to occupy a position and entrench themselves, the harder it is to root them out. What sort of government are we cursed with?