Nigeria’s military said.Thursday it was making an attempt to confirm the authenticity of a video that appeared to indicate Boko Haram’s chief mocking reviews that he could have been killed.
A safety job pressure final month said.needed Islamist rebel commander Abubakar Shekau “may have died” from a gunshot wound after a conflict with troopers on June 30.
In a video, a person resembling previous photographs of Shekau taunted the regional navy spokesman who prompt he had been killed.
“We cannot say at this juncture whether the claim is true or false until we authenticate the veracity of the video,” military spokesman Ibrahim Attahiru said.
“The military authorities must confirm the declare. This is exactly what we're doing,” he said.
Shekau said that President Goodluck Jonathan, United States President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth, French President Francois Hollande and Sagir ought to cling their heads in disgrace for mendacity to the world that he had been killed.
The Boko Haram chief mentioned, " Sagir Musa ought to cling his head in disgrace, President Jonathan (of Nigeria) ought to cling his head in disgrace, President Obama ought to cling his head in disgrace, and President Francois Hollande ought to cling his head in disgrace, Queen Elizabeth (of England) ought to cling her head in disgrace."
"They said.I'm useless, however right here I'm. The world ought to know that I'm alive and can solely die on the appointed time. Everybody needs to be judged in response to the dictates of his conscience."
"What I'm doing is written within the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith and I cannot cease. I problem all of the clerics of the world to query my deeds. Those underrating my capability ought to have a rethink. I'll by no means enable democracy to thrive."
"The idea of presidency of the individuals by the individuals for the individuals won't ever be potential and can by no means exist. Democracy shall get replaced solely by the federal government of Allah, from Allah and for Allah."
Insisting that the navy won't ever subdue his group, he added, "Nigerian troopers are late. After killing a lot of them in Monguno and Benisheik, we've got snatched their armoured carriers and a Hilux van after which hoisted Islamic flags on them. We now transfer freely with them."