Boko Haram militants, have pledged allegiance to
Islamic State, according to a message on the
group’s Twitter account.
The message, which could not immediately be verified,
appeared to be by the group’s leader, Abu Bakr bin
Mohammed Shekau, who addressed himself as the Imam of
Jamaátu Ahlus Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (Boko
Haram) and was addressed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-
Husseini al-Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS).
In the message, he said. “From your brother in Allah, Abu
Mohamed Abu Bakr bin Mohammed Shekau, the Imam of
Jamaátu Ahlus Sunnah Lidda Awaati Wal Jihad to the
Caliph of Muslims Abubakar Abu Bakr Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn
Ibrahim al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
We are sending you this message, following what Allah said
in his Quran (And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope
of Allah and be not divided among yourselves) and what the
Prophet, Peace be upon him said (Whoever died and he had
not Imam, died by death of ignorance).
In submission to the order of Allah “Azza wa Jal”, and
submission to the order of the prophet, peace be upon him
to not separate from each other and to stay united as
Ummah as Jammaaáh, We announce our allegiance to the
Caliph of the Muslims Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-
Husseini al-Qurashi and will hear and obey in times of
difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease, and to
endure being discriminated against and not to dispute
about rule with those in power, except in case of evident
infidelity,” read an English-language translation of the video
broadcast in Arabic.
Nigerian troops have routed terrorists from different towns
and communities, including Bara, the Headquarter of Gulani
Local Government Area of Yobe State in the last few weeks.
Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan said the tide has
“definitely turned” against militant Islamists as Nigerian
troops and their regional allies recapture territory.
President Idriss Deby of Chad, Wednesday, said he knew
the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, and called on him to
surrender or risk being killed.
Boko Haram began a military campaign to impose Islamic
rule in northern Nigeria in 2009.
It would be the latest in a series of groups to swear
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