The
Special Forces deployed to flush out terrorists from Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe states following declaration of state of emergency in the three
states are obviously getting to the dreaded Islamist sect, Boko Haram,
as its 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.
Earlier this month, Afghan President, Hamid Karzai had 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 who stated that his group has scored several victories against
the Nigerian military in Borno State during the 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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