Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt
Nigeria’s general election in a new video released
yesterday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast
blamed on the Islamists killed 38 people.
In the ninth minutes of the video which lasted for 11
minutes 57 seconds, Shekau began to talk about Nigeria’s
election, stating that, it will not hold in peace.
“This election will not be held even if we are dead. Even if we
are not alive Allah will never allow you to do it,” Shekau said
in the Hausa language, presumably referring to the polls
scheduled for March 28.
The video appeared to be the first message released by the
group on Twitter, a sign of its changing media tactics after
previous messages were distributed to journalists on DVD.
Shekau was shown in unusual clarity in front of a solid blue
background, dressed in black and with an automatic
weapon resting to his right.
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He also claimed a weekend attack in the northeast Nigerian
city of Gombe, which the military says was repelled.
“And these words are our reply to the current issue that
people are talking about,” Shekau said in apparent
response to the accusations and counter-accusations
regarding election postponement.
“Allah will not let you people hold this election because you
people are saying that “authority” people ruling each other,”
he said.
The Islamist leader, declared a global terrorist by the United
States and sanctioned by the United Nations, disputed the
military’s account of the Gombe clashes, claiming that his
fighters overran troops and freed insurgents from prison.
Nigeria’s general election had been scheduled for February
14 but was postponed by six weeks, with the security
services saying they needed more time to contain the
violence in the northeast, Boko Haram’s stronghold.
Despite Shekau’s threat, experts doubt that the Islamist
rebels have the capacity to disrupt voting nationwide,
although election officials have conceded that voting could
prove impossible in parts of the northeast. CLICK HERE TO READ FULL AND TOUCHING NIGERIAN CELEBRITIES BIOGRAPHY AND SCANDALS
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