Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau support extremist Sunni Islamic State
Written by : Mohamed Abdel Fattah
Jul 14, 2014
The head of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISISL) , the Sunni extremist group that has seized large swaths of Iraq's north and west in recent weeks and seeks to create an Islamic territory across both sides of the Syria-Iraq border.
In a new 16-minute video given to AFP, the Boko Haram extremists’ chief, Abubakar Shekau, has vowed support for (ISISL)
Two week ago, the group declared the establishment of a caliphate ruled by Shariah law in the land it controls in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau also has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 in Lagos, Nigeria at a popular shopping centerwhich had killed 21 people and injured about 50. Shekau also claimed he had ordered an attack on the main port of Apapa in Lagos which occurred that same day.
"A bomb went off in Lagos. I ordered (the bomber) who went and detonated it," Shekau said, according to the French news agency,
The Lagos State government, and the police, denied the blast at Apapa was caused by a bomb, claiming it was a fire incident caused by a canister.
If true, the Lagos blast would be the first confirmed bomb attack launched by the Islamist group in southern Nigeria.
He also mocks the social media campaign Bring Back Our Girls which emerged to call attention to the plight of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped on April 14 by the Islamists from the remote northeastern town of Chibok.
"We were the ones who detonated the bomb in filthy Abuja," Shekau said, referring to the attack a popular shopping centre that killed at least 22 people
last month, Four villages in north-eastern Nigeria have been attacked by suspected Boko Haram militants who targeted at least one church.
Survivors have said at least 30 people have been killed in Nigeria after rebels attacked a series of churches in two villages near Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April.
Residents said the gunmen riding on motorcycles opened fire on worshippers and pursued them as they tried to flee into the surrounding bush.
The attackers hurled explosives into churches as services were ongoing and torched several buildings, witnesses said on Sunday.
Vigilantes armed with bows and arrows and hunting rifles have been trying to defend the village from such attacks.
Violence in Nigeria's northeast has been relentless in the past year and has gained in intensity since April, when more than 200 schoolgirls were snatched by Boko Haram rebels from Chibok and local leaders accused the military of doing almost nothing to secure the release of the hostages.
Boko Haram, which is fighting for an Islamic state in largely Muslim northern Nigeria, has killed thousands since launching an uprising on 2009, and many hundreds in the past three months.
International outrage has spread since the kidnappings and Nigeria has vowed to improve secure in the area in the south of Borno state.
Boko Haram has been waging an increasingly deadly insurgency in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north since 2009, is believed to have killed approximately 1,500 people in Nigeria so far this year alone while tens of thousands have been displaced after their homes and businesses were razed.
Sources
Reuters
RT
Jul 14, 2014
The head of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau support the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISISL) , the Sunni extremist group that has seized large swaths of Iraq's north and west in recent weeks and seeks to create an Islamic territory across both sides of the Syria-Iraq border.
In a new 16-minute video given to AFP, the Boko Haram extremists’ chief, Abubakar Shekau, has vowed support for (ISISL)
Two week ago, the group declared the establishment of a caliphate ruled by Shariah law in the land it controls in Iraq and neighboring Syria.
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau also has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 in Lagos, Nigeria at a popular shopping centerwhich had killed 21 people and injured about 50. Shekau also claimed he had ordered an attack on the main port of Apapa in Lagos which occurred that same day.
"A bomb went off in Lagos. I ordered (the bomber) who went and detonated it," Shekau said, according to the French news agency,
The Lagos State government, and the police, denied the blast at Apapa was caused by a bomb, claiming it was a fire incident caused by a canister.
If true, the Lagos blast would be the first confirmed bomb attack launched by the Islamist group in southern Nigeria.
He also mocks the social media campaign Bring Back Our Girls which emerged to call attention to the plight of the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped on April 14 by the Islamists from the remote northeastern town of Chibok.
"We were the ones who detonated the bomb in filthy Abuja," Shekau said, referring to the attack a popular shopping centre that killed at least 22 people
last month, Four villages in north-eastern Nigeria have been attacked by suspected Boko Haram militants who targeted at least one church.
Survivors have said at least 30 people have been killed in Nigeria after rebels attacked a series of churches in two villages near Chibok, the northeastern town where more than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April.
Residents said the gunmen riding on motorcycles opened fire on worshippers and pursued them as they tried to flee into the surrounding bush.
The attackers hurled explosives into churches as services were ongoing and torched several buildings, witnesses said on Sunday.
Vigilantes armed with bows and arrows and hunting rifles have been trying to defend the village from such attacks.
Violence in Nigeria's northeast has been relentless in the past year and has gained in intensity since April, when more than 200 schoolgirls were snatched by Boko Haram rebels from Chibok and local leaders accused the military of doing almost nothing to secure the release of the hostages.
Boko Haram, which is fighting for an Islamic state in largely Muslim northern Nigeria, has killed thousands since launching an uprising on 2009, and many hundreds in the past three months.
International outrage has spread since the kidnappings and Nigeria has vowed to improve secure in the area in the south of Borno state.
Boko Haram has been waging an increasingly deadly insurgency in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north since 2009, is believed to have killed approximately 1,500 people in Nigeria so far this year alone while tens of thousands have been displaced after their homes and businesses were razed.
Sources
Reuters
RT
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