BEVERLY HILLS, CA, December 27, (THEWILL) – Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, declared on Friday that Nigerians should not be under any illusion that the war being waged by the sect is an ethnic war, saying the group is out on a religious war against President Goodluck Jonathan and all Christians in the country.
“They try to brainwash the people that we are fighting an ethnic war. No, we are fighting a religious war, we are fighting Jonathan, we are fighting Christians,” Shekau, who has a N50million bounty placed over his head, declared in a video message sent to some selected journalists in Hausa language .
The terrorist leader, who is also the most wanted person in the country and also wanted in the United States, said his members were in total submission to the will of God and would have eaten human beings if they were given divine instruction.
“Had Allah allowed us to eat them (humans), we would have ate (eaten) them but we are not cannibals because we are not spirits or animals. As for killing, we will kill (for) Allah, if he says we should decapitate, we should amputate the limbs, we should mutilate,” he declared.
He maintained that Boko Haram has never done anything against the will of God, saying that was responsible for series of victories recorded against the Nigerian state and its agencies, Shekau claimed it was God that has continued to give them the booty of their enemies, which the sect has continued to loot without any let or hindrance.
“This is to show our muslim brethren that victory comes from Allah. This is just a tip of the ice berg regarding the booty Allah has blessed us with, the booty which took our brothers day and night to cart away.
“Our fighters stormed Bama (military) barracks. Allah threw them (troops) into confusion through some servants of Allah who dedicated themselves to Allah. Allah finished them. They bragged, they said whatever pleased them to the extent of claiming they have cleansed Bama, now that they have sticks-wielding vigilantes. Even Jonathan praised them, saying Bama is steadfast.
“It is in the same Bama that our brothers pulverised 21 armoured tanks. People in multitudes were killed, bodies scattered all over and the sight would astonish any onlooker. Soldiers hid under blankets in their rooms and our fighters pursued them and blow out their brains,” he boasted.
Shekau said the destruction of Damaturu, Maiduguri and later Bama by his sect is victory from Allah, insisting that the victories was beyond human comprehension, surprising even the sect member.
“We were amazed by the victory in Damaturu, then a greater victory was achieved in Maiduguri and now Bama operation is better than Maiduguri. And tomorrow we will go to…,”he said amid laughter and shouts of Allahu Akbar by his followers.
Warning that it was not yet over for Christians, Shekau said those who escaped may still meet their waterloo before the end of the year .
“If you are not lucky, you will not celebrate this your December. If you are not lucky this December, you will not go to your churches or you will celebrate it in fear,” he boasted.
He said some of his members might have been killed by him to instill fear and discipline. “This is a bounty placed on me (brandishing a flyer with his picture), that whoever finds me, finds me and takes to Jonathan, will be given N50 million .
“What is N50 million. Do you know what we are doing? Your armoured tank is worth more than N50 million and we burnt it. Haven’t we burnt your aircraft? What is N50 million. We do not worship money. As for he who is in our midst for money, Allah has taken care of him. Hypocrites who lived with the Prophet could not harm him. You can’t in anyway harm me.
“Even America has placed $7 million ransom (on my head) if you arrest and take me. But it is difficult indeed. The way you hide Jonathan in Aso Rock and hide Obama in White House, so does Allah hide me under His protection. You are with Jonathan and Obama while I am with Allah. Let’s play then,” he stated.
