In a 36-minute message, released
to the media through Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist with very deep
knowledge of Boko Haram’s workings, Shekau looked unwell but made no reference
to his health condition.
He, however, urged his fighters
to adhere strictly to the tenets of Islam if they wish to be victorious over
the “infidels”.
He stated that he decided to
appear in the video after numerous requests by his followers to do so.
Shekau delivered a long,
incoherent speech about the group’s doctrine of who is a believer and who’s
not, adding that the loss of ground being witnessed by his group was a
consequence of the failure of members to adhere to the teachings of Islam.
He said: “Anything that befalls a
Muslim, it is Muslims that caused it. There is no way infidels will triumph
over the faithful except if they have strayed in the faith.
“Dear brethren, you should
recognise that this war we are waging is not new; this is a war that has been
raging for a long time. Therefore, anybody that fights because of Allah alone
will never witness defeat.”
He prayed to Allah to free their
Muslim brothers in various prisons, asking: “How can we go to sleep, eat and
drink if our Muslim brothers are being humiliated in prisons like Guantanamo,
Nigeria, Afghanistan, Somali, Iraq, Sham and Yemen among other places?”
In May 2017, Shekau looked frail
and appeared to have difficulty reading from a prepared speech, which he held
close to his face in an apparent indication of vision problems.
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