Boko Haram denied that they had agreed to a ceasefire in a new video obtained on Friday by AFP, describing the Nigerian government claims as a lie and apparently ruling out future talks.
The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, also claimed the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote northeast town of Chibok, in Borno state, in April had converted to Islam and been married off.
In addition, Shekau said the Islamists were holding a German national, who was kidnapped in Adamawa state, also northeast Nigeria, in July.
The video comes after a surprise Nigerian military and presidency announcement on October 17 that a deal had been reached with the militants to end hostilities.
A senior presidential aide to Goodluck Jonathan also said agreement had been reached to free the schoolgirls, whose abduction sparked global anger and demands for their release.
There was immediate scepticism about both claims because of previous assertions of ceasefires and the identity of the purported Boko Haram envoy at the supposed talks, Danladi Ahmadu.
Violence — and fresh kidnappings — have continued unabated since the announcement, including a triple bombing of a bus station in the northern city of Gombe on Friday that killed at least eight.
Nigeria’s government maintains that talks were ongoing in the Chadian capital, Ndjamena.
But Shekau, speaking in Hausa, dressed in military fatigues and boots with a black turban, and flanked by 15 armed fighters, said: “We have not made ceasefire with anyone…
“We did not negotiate with anyone… It’s a lie. It’s a lie. We will not negotiate. What is our business with negotiation? Allah said we should not.”
He also said he did not know Danladi.
– Kidnapped girls –
There was no indication of when or where the video was shot but it was obtained through the same channels as previous communications from the group.
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| Kidnapped Chibok girls held in a Boko Haram camp |
In it, Shekau mentions the Chibok girls for the first time since a video obtained on May 5, when more than 100 were shown in a rural location dressed in the hijab and reciting verses from the Koran.
Then, the militant leader said many of the girls had converted to Islam but in the latest, he indicated that all of those held had become Muslims.
“Don’t you know the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls have converted to Islam? They have now memorised two chapters of the Koran,” he said.
Shekau previously threatened to sell the girls as slave brides and also suggested that he would be prepared to release them in exchange for Boko Haram prisoners.
In the latest message, he said while laughing: “We have married them off. They are in their marital homes.”
Human Rights Watch said in a report published this week that Boko Haram was holding upwards of 500 women and young girls and that forced marriage was commonplace in the militant camps.
One former hostage said she saw some of the Chibok girls forced to cook and clean for other women and girls who had been chosen for “special treatment because of their beauty”.
– German national –
Shekau’s claim in the video that they were “holding your German hostage” is the first claim of responsibility for the abduction, which happened on July 16.
The German foreign ministry in Berlin said it did not want to comment when contacted by AFP.
Armed gunmen kidnapped the foreigner, who was said to be a teacher at a government technical training centre in Gombi, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) from the Adamawa state capital Yola.
Suspicion immediately fell on Boko Haram, which has repeatedly attacked schools teaching a so-called Western curriculum, as well as teachers and students.
An offshoot of Boko Haram, Ansaru, has previously claimed the kidnapping of at least eight foreigners in northern Nigeria since 2012 but the group has been largely dormant for more than a year.
The group reportedly broke with Boko Haram to specifically target foreigners instead of Nigerians and executed seven expatriates it seized from Bauchi state in 2013.
In January 2012, Boko Haram kidnapped German engineer Edgar Raupach at a construction site on the outskirts of the northern city of Kano.
He was killed in a military raid on a Boko Haram hideout on the outskirts of the city four months later.
Kidnappings for ransom by criminal gangs are common in the oil-producing south. On October 24, armed men shot dead one German national and kidnapped another in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria.
Both were working for the construction firm Julius Berger. The hostage was later released, the company said on Thursday. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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This "ALLAH" LIKE BLOOD O! ISIL kill for this ALLAH, ANSARUDEEN kill for ALLAH, AL-SHEEBABA, ALQAEDA, TALIBA, MUJAHEDEENS and now BH all this GROUP KILL for this ALLAH.
ReplyDeleteAbeg this ALLAH na only BLOOD him/she dey DRINK? Make him/she try WATER SMALL naw.
ALLAH pls go DRINK PACIFIC OCEAN water small, pls dan ALLAH!
matosky..... yu funny ohhhh lolzzz but sha na confirm truth
DeleteOfcourse we dont expect to hear otherwise. Demon worshippers! What else can your allah advice you, if not to kill, steal and destroy.
ReplyDeletethis kind allah wey dem dey refer to... me no undstnd agaiin ooo,,,after dy go say alllllah is one......but his their allah funny ohhhh lolzzzz,,,,,,,,if na me e dey much better fr me to carry stone dey worship than this blood sucking demon dy calll allllahhh
ReplyDeleteThis response from BH is not strange. What is strange is our government being naive enough to give BH enough time to re- strategies and build up for further attack. They were already weak when some of them were surrendering and this is a lesson that you do not negotiate with a terrorist that has no defined, rational objectives.
ReplyDeletedat surrender was military arrangement. Like
Deletethe way they are passing our arms and ammunitions all in the name of being over powered during attacks.
This news seriously broke my heart and some of us here in who always regard Nigeria as our real home despite our sojourn here abroad my heart felt to the family of this young children and again to the souls already lost in this bokoharam saga. God help and bless Nigeria my father's land.
ReplyDeleteISLAM is a religion of war and violence, it is a menace to the world today.
ReplyDeletedis problem beyond human reasonin..no reasonable human bein will belief dis people are real muslim they are not fightin for islam.dis is d worlk of iluminalti..they wont turn people against GOD..they are doin all dis to see islam as a terrorist religion..they wont to turn christian against muslim so dt thre wont be any religion except thre satanic way dis people kill both muslim and christian..and they believe christian dont give them problem like muslim does..bcs muslim always against there evil wish...
ReplyDeleteIslam,very Useless Terrorist Religion........Everything about Islam bent on Killing.......Qu’ran (9:111) - "Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain,…”
ReplyDeleteQu'ran (61:9): "He it is who has sent His Messenger (Mohammed) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam) to make it victorious over all religions even though the infidels may resist."
Qu'ran (48:29) - "Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard (ruthless) against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves"
Bukhari (52:73) - "Allah's Apostle said, 'Know that Paradise is under the shades of swords'."
Qu'ran (4:76) - "Those who believe fight in the cause of Allah…”
Qu'ran (61:4) - "Surely Allah loves those who fight in His way."
Qu'ran (4:74) - "Let those fight in the way of Allah who sell the life of this world for the other. Whoso fighteth in the way of Allah, be he slain or be he victorious, on him We shall bestow a vast reward."
Bukhari (52:220) - Allah's Apostle said... 'I have been made victorious with terror'
(Surah 8) “I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger.”
Qu'ran (3:151) - "Soon shall We cast terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority".
Qu'ran (8:12) - "…Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"
Qu'ran (8:39) - "And fight with them [unbelievers] until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion should be only for Allah"
Muslim (1:33) - the Messenger of Allah said: “I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah”.
Qu'ran (9:29) - "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."
Religion of peace my foot. I thought GEJ administration said BH leader was dead. Shame on this govt.
ReplyDeleteProblem is that the Nigerian security forces have never taken the initiative in this whole matter. They're always reactionary, always reacting to what BH has done already. This is not how to win a war. Even when they had the upper hand they threw away the chance and went negotiating. BH cannot stand the Nig Army if they get serious!
DeleteBecause majority of Nigerian Army are their follow Muslims who reads that same Devilish Book called Koran and follow the footsteps of that Criminal,that Rapist who raped and married 9 years girl,That killer who lived all his life on earth killing and destroying people's property,and he well a known Terrorist too...I am talking of no other person than Terrorist Mohammedu.......
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