Leader
of the Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has today claimed responsibility
for the attacks on the Composite Group Air force Base in Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital that occurred on 2nd December.
Shekau
spoke in a 40 minutes video which was obtained by newsmen through
intermediaries spoke in Arabic, Hausa and Kanuri in which he claimed
victory over Nigerian forces and vowed to extend what he described as
“Crusade” to the shores of the United States of America.
The
Boko Haram terrorists had attacked the 79 Composite Group of the
Nigerian Air Force in Maiduguri, destroying five aircraft and many
buildings as well as the 333 Artillery Regiment also in Maiduguri where
many buildings and vehicles were destroyed and burnt.
Meanwhile
the Nigerian Army had insisted the military troops were able to inflict
serious casualties on the terrorists and claimed that 25 insurgents
were killed but the Boko Haram leader, Shekau in the new video said he
only lost seven of his men but killed “many soldiers”.
"This
message is intended as a glad tiding. Allah the Almighty has given us
victory in the attack we launched inside Maiduguri (which was) called
Borno in ancient times.
"We stormed the city and fought them (and)
Allah blessed us with lots of booty. Three of our men carried out
suicide bombings, three of our men died from bullets, one of them died
from friendly fire and not from your bullet. May Allah accept them as
Martyrs and may we attain such honour.
"Useless, stupid America! If
you could do anything you would have done it in your country. Vagabond.
You are boasting you are going to join forced with Nigeria to crush us,
bloody liars. You couldn't crush us when we were carrying sticks. Is it
today when we storm your barracks and commandeered your things one
after the other.
"By Allah we will never stop. Don't think we will
stop in Maiduguri, tomorrow you will see us in America itself. Our
operation is not confined to Nigeria, it is for the whole w
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