Boko
Haram militants, have pledged allegiance to Islamic State, according to a
message on the group’s Twitter account.
The
message, which could not immediately be verified, appeared to be by the group’s
leader, Abu Bakr bin Mohammed Shekau, who addressed himself as the Imam of
Jamaátu Ahlus Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) and was addressed to
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Husseini al-Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State of
Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
In the
message, he said. “From your brother in Allah, Abu Mohamed Abu Bakr bin
Mohammed Shekau, the Imam of Jamaátu Ahlus Sunnah Lidda Awaati Wal Jihad to the
Caliph of Muslims Abubakar Abu Bakr Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini
al-Qurashi.
We are
sending you this message, following what Allah said in his Quran (And hold
fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah and be not divided among
yourselves) and what the Prophet, Peace be upon him said (Whoever died and he
had not Imam, died by death of ignorance).
In
submission to the order of Allah “Azza wa Jal”, and submission to the order of
the prophet, peace be upon him to not separate from each other and to stay
united as Ummah as Jammaaáh,
We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the
Muslims Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini al-Qurashi and will hear and
obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease, and to endure
being discriminated against and not to dispute about rule with those in power,
except in case of evident infidelity,” read an English-language translation of
the video broadcast in Arabic.
Nigerian
troops have routed terrorists from different towns and communities, including
Bara, the Headquarter of Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State in the last
few weeks.
Last
week, President Goodluck Jonathan said the tide has “definitely turned” against
militant Islamists as Nigerian troops and their regional allies recapture
territory.
President
Idriss Deby of Chad, Wednesday, said he knew the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau,
and called on him to surrender or risk being killed.
Boko
Haram began a military campaign to impose Islamic rule in northern Nigeria in
2009.
It would
be the latest in a series of groups to swear allegiance to ISIS.
Click here
to listen to his declaration
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