Two weeks after troops were deployed to
flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno
and Yobe states following declaration of
state of emergency in the three states,
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in a
video published, Tuesday, called on
Islamists in Afghanistan, Pakistan and
Iraq to join the fight to create an
Islamic state in Nigeria.
“We call on our brethren in these
countries I mentioned. Oh! Our brethren,
come to us,” he said in the video, which
alternates between Arabic and Hausa
language.
However, earlier this month, Afghan
President, Hamid Karzai advised Boko
Haram insurgents to sheathe their
swords
.
Karzai, during the presentation of
letters of credence to him by Nigeria’s
Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dauda
Danladi, called on the Boko Haram
members to lay down their arms if they
are true Muslims and embrace amnesty
offered by the Federal Government noting
that no religion preaches violence.
“Boko Haram should stop burning schools,
Mosques, Churches in the name of Islam.
You should not destroy your country if
you are true Muslims. You should protect
lives because in Islam if you kill one,
it is as if you have killed the whole of
humanity and if you save life, it is as
if you have saved the whole of
humanity”.
Abubakar Shekau stated that his group
has scored several victories against the
Nigerian military in Borno State during
an ongoing offensive, admitted, however,
that his group sustained little damage.
According to him, “Since we started this
ongoing war which they call state of
emergency, in some instances soldiers
who faced us turned and ran. Nigerian
forces threw down their arms in
flight”
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