“We Will Certainly Fight You”, Shekau Taunts Buhari In New Message
The jihadist commander, who referred to himself in the 8-minutes Hausa language message as the “leader of the west Africa wing” of Islamic State (IS), described Buhari as an ostentatious liar who they will certainly fight.
Buhari, who came into power on May, 29 vowing to crush Boko Haram had last week ordered his military chiefs to end the insurgency within three months?.
But the Boko Haram leaders vows to fight on until the sharia is establish in every part of the country.
“This ostentatious person, a liar — I mean Buhari, who raised arms to crush us in three months. You Buhari, why didn’t you say in three years?” Shekau demanded.
“We will certainly fight you by the grace of Allah until we establish Allah’s law everywhere on Earth.”
Shekau, who ?paid homage to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, referring to him as the “Caliph of Muslims, debunked rumours of his death, rebuffed claims by Chadian leader Idriss Deby that he had been replaced and called the president a “hypocrite” and a “tyrant”.
?”It is indeed all over the global media infidels that I am dead or that I am sick and incapacitated and have lost influence in the affairs of religion,” he said in the recording released on social media.
“It should be understood that this is false. This is indeed a lie. If it were true, my voice wouldn’t have been heard, now that I am speaking.”
Deby declared on August 12 that efforts to combat neighbouring Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists had succeeded in “decapitating” the group and would be wrapped up “by the end of the year”.
Deby told reporters in the capital N’Djamena Boko Haram was no longer led by the fearsome Shekau and that his successor, whom he named as Mahamat Daoud, was open to talks.
“Gratitude be to Allah and with his help, I have not disappeared. I am still alive and I am not dead. And I will not die until my time appointed by Allah is up,” Shekau said in the message.
The SITE Intelligence Group verified the authenticity of the message, and an AFP correspondent with extensive experience of reporting Boko Haram said it exactly resembled Shekau’s voice in previous recordings.
