Boko Haram: “Liar” Buhari hasn’t “technically” defeated us, Shekau reportedly says
The claim by the President Muhammadu Buhari led government to have “technically defeated” Boko Haram could not be further from the truth.
That is the counter claim allegedly being made by the terror sect’s leader Abubakar Shekau.
Here’s what Shekau reportedly said in a 25-minute audio Boko Haram terrorists posted on social media after the government’s claim:
They (the military) lied that they have confiscated our arms, that we have been chased out of our territories, that we are in disarray.
We are alive. I am alive. This is my voice, more audible than it was before. This is Shekau.”
Buhari is a liar and has deceived you. The army spokesman is also lying. He and his foot soldiers always run helter-skelter whenever we come face to face with them. Buhari, you once claimed that you will crush us in three months. How can you crush us?
We cannot vouch for the authenticity of the audio purportedly containing words from Shekau whom Buhari’s successor Goodluck Jonathan claimed to have killed…on three occasions.
Buhari had given the military a December deadline to crush the terrorists.
Information and culture minister Lai Mohammed said the army has met the target but admitted Boko Haram’s attack on “soft targets” (religious centers, football viewing centers, markets, and the like) may continue.
Nigerians are divided over whether the government’s claim to “technical” victory is legit.
Many point to the inability of the government to rescue Chibok schoolgirls as indicative of its failure at curbing terrorism..
