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The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram
released a video online on Tuesday, rejecting
the claims of the Nigerian military that it has
been routed by a four-nation offensive, which
doesn’t show Abubakar Shekau the group leader.

The speaker in the 10-minute message which
was posted on the video-sharing site YouTube
said “Most of our territory is still under our
control” . He called Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and
Niger, who have been battling the Islamists,
“the lying coalition partners” .
The video bears the new logo “Islamic State in
West Africa” and follows the Nigerian militants’
pledge of allegiance in an audio message in
March to the IS group, that has overrun large
parts of Syria and Iraq.
Video from #BokoHaram/Islamic State
West Africa province without d face of
d Islamist group Shekau. New logo
unveiled
3:57 PM - 2 Jun 2015
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Edward
@DonKlericuzio
Red Cross says 13 killed in Maiduguri
bomb. Eyewitnesses say more dead.
New video tagged IS in West Africa
does not feature Abubakar Shekau.
4:48 PM - 2 Jun 2015
20 5
will ross
@willintune
The message is the first video released by the
terrorist group since February, when Shekau
vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s elections.
Shekau has featured prominently in most of
the group’s videos over the last three years
and his absence in the latest message will
likely stir further debate on his whereabouts
or possible death.

The speaker in the new message appears in
front of two pick-up trucks, with four other
gunmen visible in the background.
He speaks in the Hausa language that is
dominant in northern Nigeria with Arabic and
English subtitles.
An AK-47 rifle rests on his chest as he seeks
to rebuke the claims of successes made in
recent weeks by the military.
“The armies claim through the media that they
captured our towns and that they assaulted
Sambisa (forest) and defeated us,” he said,
referring to the bushland area in Nigeria’s
northeast Borno state that has been an
Islamist stronghold.

“I swear by Allah that I am talking right now
from Sambisa… Here in Sambisa you can
travel more than four to five hours under the
black flag of Islam by car or by motorbike.”
The video further shows gruesome violence,
including executions of apparent civilians and
one man in a Nigeria police uniform, who are
shot at close range.
It was reported that on March 7, 2015 the
leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, in an
audio message pledged allegiance to the
richest and, probably, most powerful terrorist
group Islamic State (ISIS).
The terrorist group recently stormed two
Yobe towns, burning down a police station
and several government buildings.

@OP, may Allah punish your soul and your family as you tagged "ISLAMIST"

Time shall tell.

Omo ina lan ran si ina.

Just sad that this thing was allowed to escalate to this level all in the quest for a second term.

More power to our Military!

Na them sabi.
Presently Bros Joe is flexing roasted chicken with P baby. That's what matters to me now.

Why do u like tagging "ISLAM"?
@OP or whatever, u r indeed a fanatics!

it's better u repent ur bias mind b4 it's l8.
Well, I don't think u hv hear that listens to news cos, the latest attacked area was not a church so, were they Islamists. Watch ur post!!!