Showing posts with label Abubakar Shekau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abubakar Shekau. Show all posts

Monday 10 December 2018

Why Nigeria is struggling To Defeat Boko Haram

Muna Custom House camp lies on the edge of Maiduguri, near one of many trenches surrounding the northern Nigerian city dug to help keep Boko Haram at bay. It is often the first port of call for internally displaced people fleeing from the largely lawless hinterlands that surround the city at the centre of one of the world’s deadliest jihadi insurgencies.

Saturday 6 May 2017

Terrorism: Boko Haram, Nigerian Security Forces Killed 4000 Children, Says UNICEF

Abubakar Shekau
The UNICEF has said that boys and girls in north-east Nigeria continue to be brutalized as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict with 3,900 killed by combined actions of the terrorists and security forces within three years.

Friday 17 March 2017

Boko Haram Will Take over Africa – Shekau Boasts in New Video

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has appeared in a new video released on Friday urging his fighters to persist in their insurgency against democratic governments until the sect takes over most countries in Africa and enthrone Sharia particularly in Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Mali.

Wednesday 3 August 2016

Islamic State Names Replacement For Boko Haram's Shekau


Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamic extremists have a new leader who promises to end attacks on mosques and markets used by Muslims, according to an interview published Wednesday by the Islamic state group.

Friday 1 April 2016

Boko Haram Releases New Video, Says ‘No Negotiations, No Surrender’

Boko Haram released a new video Friday denying any suggestions it would surrender, just over a week after their shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a rare message looking dejected and frail.

Friday 2 October 2015

Islamic State Ties Widens Reach of Boko Haram



Nigeria predicts that Boko Haram will soon be defeated, but the militant group's ties with Islamic State mean that would probably push the fighters further into neighbouring countries, writes BBC Monitoring Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo.

Sunday 20 September 2015

Boko Haram Leader - Shekau Release New Audio, Dismisses Army Victories, Calls President Buhari A Liar



Maiduguri (Nigeria) (AFP) - Nigeria's military on Saturday claimed further gains in its counter-offensive against Boko Haram, but the group's shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau dismissed the talk of success as "lies".

Thursday 27 August 2015

Nigeria Marks 500 Days Since Boko Haram Abducted Chibok Schoolgirls

The landmark comes amid a worsening security crisis in the northeast, where Islamists have stepped up deadly attacks since the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari, killing more than 1,000 people in three months.

Sunday 16 August 2015

Updated: Boko Haram: Abubakar Shekau Hale And Hearty, Calls The Shots - Salkida

Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist known to have access to top commanders of the Boko Haram sect, says Abubakar Shekau is alive and still presiding over the affairs of the notorious group. Salkida dismissed the view of President Idriss Deby of Chad, who said Shekau had been replaced by one Mahamat Daoud. 

At a press conference to mark Chad’s 55th independence anniversary, Deby had said: “There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government.” But Salkida accused the Chadian president of lying, saying that was how he misled former president, Goodluck Jonathan into entering a botched peace deal with the sect. “Idris Deby is wrong now as before when he deceived former president Jonathan in phantom negotiation. Shekau is alive and leads ISWAP or BH,” he wrote on Twitter. Idris Deby is wrong now as before when he deceived Fmr President Jonathan in phantom negotiation. Shekau is alive and leads ISWAP or BH.

The fallout of the so-called deal with Boko Haram was one of the low points of the immediate-past administration. However, Shekau’s absence in the group’s video in recent times has fueled speculations of his death even before Deby’s comment. He was last heard of in March when he announced Boko Haram’s alliance to the Islamic State (IS). Until Deby spoke last week, the authorities had been silent about Shekau apparently because the issue of his death had been an embarrassment. 

The unrepentant Boko Haram leader has refuted the reports of his demise on three separate occasions that security forces claimed to have silenced him. In a video he released in October, Shekau taunted the military saying he has “one soul”. “Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath. I am running our… Islamic caliphate and administering sharia punishments,” he had said. “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.” Shekau took control of the group after its founder, Muhammad Yusuf, died in police custody in July 2009. Under his leadership the group became more radical and carried out more killings.


To confirmm Salkida's assertion, 

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect broke his five months silence, refuting the report of his death in an audio posted on social media on Sunday.

Describing President Idris Deby of Chad as a “hypocrite”, the notorious militant said infidels were behind reports of his death.

“It is indeed all over the global media of infidels that I am dead or that I am sick,” he said.

“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.

“I have not disappeared. I am still alive and I will not die until my time appointed by Allah is up.”

Last week during a press conference to mark Chad’s 55th independence anniversary, Deby said Shekau had been replaced with one Mahamat Daoud.

“There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government,” he had said.

Culled from:
TheCable

Wednesday 12 August 2015

Abubakar Shekau 'Ousted' As Leader Of Boko Haram - Chadian President

The Chadian President Mr Idriss Deby has claimed that Boko Haram's leader - Abubakar Shekau has been ousted by his deputy who is willing to enter peace talks.

Wednesday 3 June 2015

Boko Haram Releases New Video, Shekau Fails To Appear in Video

The militant had in his hand what he said were ID cards of killed soldiers
Militant Islamists in Nigeria have released a new video and, unusually, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau fails to appear in it.

Thursday 21 May 2015

How Nigeria Turned A Corner Against Boko Haram

After five years of insurgency, the military has made significant gains on the battlefield. But now the battle for peace must begin, says Max Siollun. The Nigerian army has recaptured all of the major towns occupied by Boko Haram in recent months, and rescued nearly 1,000 kidnapped women and children. It claims to have destroyed several of the militants’ camps, pursued the group into the Sambisa forest and arrested those suspected of supplying food and fuel.

Saturday 9 May 2015

Boko Haram Leader Shekau Reportedly Flees Nigeria

As the military deploys its special force units to track the fleeing leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, there are strong indications that the terror kingpin may have fled Nigeria through the help of Islamic State (ISIS) groups operating in East and North Africa.

Wednesday 6 May 2015

Boko Haram in Disarray As Nigerian Military Advance

Boko Haram is fracturing as shortages of weapons and fuel foment tensions between its foot soldiers and leaders, women rescued from the Islamist jihadi fighters by Nigerian troops told Reuters.

Friday 17 April 2015

Boko Haram Militants Kill At Least 10 In Northern Cameroon - Army

YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Fighters from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram killed at least ten people in overnight attacks on two villages in neighboring northern Cameroon, two senior army sources told Reuters on Friday.

Boko Haram Leader - Shekau Among World’s Most Influential People – Time Magazine

Abubakar Shekau
Deadly Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau made TIME magazine 2015 Most Influential People list.
The magazine published its 2015 list of top 100 Most Influential People on its website, Thursday.

Monday 23 March 2015

Forecasting Boko Haram's Next Cycle of Terror

There is no gainsaying the fact that terrorism is a very complex, constantly evolving phenomenon with varying procedures and targets. It is dangerous to confine the inventiveness of man or of extremists. Terrorism basks on the duality of surprise and near unpredictability. Hindsight tells us that several terrorist incidents could have been pre-empted and frustrated if the security agencies were able to forecast probable scenarios and left no stone unturned in forestalling such.

Monday 9 March 2015

What Does Boko Haram’s ‘Allegiance’ To Islamic State Group Mean For The West?

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and Shekau
Boko Haram is believed to be the largest Islamist militant organisation to align itself with the Islamic State group after swearing allegiance over the weekend. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at the implications of the new union.

Saturday 7 March 2015

Breaking News: Boko Haram Formally 'Pledges Allegiance To Islamic State'




Obama Honors 'sacrifice in the Face of Wanton Violence'
LONDON (Reuters) - Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram pledged allegiance on Saturday to Islamic State, which rules a self-declared caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria, according to an audio clip posted online.