SAN FRANCISCO, August 04, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian government has described as cheap propaganda the report that ISIS has appointed a new leader for Boko Haram, saying it is too late to employ such tactics to revive the defeated local terrorist organization.
This was disclosed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers capital, on Thursday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at the ongoing All Nigerian Conference of Editors, ANEC, 2016.
”By the way, don’t believe the cheap propaganda by the global terrorist group ISIS, which has reportedly named a new leader for Boko Haram. Our gallant military has put Boko Haram on the run and nothing will bring back the terrorists, not even the wishful thinking by ISIS,” he said.
There were earlier reports that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, ISIS, to which Boko Haram is affiliated, has named Abu Musab Al-Barnawi as the new leader of Boko Haram.
