Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau or his clone, said
to have been killed in Konduga last month by Nigerian
military has announced that he is alive and will die only
when Allah says so.
In a 36-minute video obtained by AFP, Shekau not only
debunked reports by Nigerian military that he was dead
but said members of his sect were running a Caliphate in
the captured towns, north east of Nigeria.
The heavily bearded Shekau, who appeared to be the
same as in previous video clips, said report of his death
was propaganda by the military.
Apparently reading from a script, Shekau said: “ Here I am,
alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath.
“Nothing will kill me until my days are over. I’m still alive.
Some people asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have
one soul, by Allah.
“It is propaganda that is prevalent. I have one soul. I’m an
Islamic student.
“I’m the Islamic student whose seminary you burnt… I’m not
dead,” he added, apparently referring to the destruction of the
group’s mosque in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, in
2009.
“We are running our caliphate, our Islamic caliphate. We
follow the Koran… We now practise the injunctions of the
Koran in the land of Allah.”
Abubakar Shekau
There was however no indication of where or when the
video was shot but Shekau was dressed in combat
fatigues and black rubber boots, standing on the back of
a pick-up truck and firing an anti-aircraft gun into the air
while being flanked by four heavily armed, masked
fighters.
This is not the first time Nigeria military will claim to
have killed Shekau and he would debunk it.
Some time in 2013, Nigerian troops were said to have
killed the Boko Haram leader but he debunked the report
in a video.
Last week, reports surfaced once again that the man who
had been impersonating Shekau had been killed in
Konduga after fighting with troops.
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