Boko Haram Vows To Stop 2015 Elections
by Kess Ewubare
Naij.com / 2015-02-18 03:36
Boko Haram has released a new video vowing to disrupt the 2015 general elections at all cost.
The video, according to Vanguard, was released on February 17, Tuesday, via the groups twitter handle.
In the video, Shekau who spoke in Hausa language was shown in front of a solid blue background, dressed in black and with an automatic weapon resting to his right.
He said: "This election will not be held even if we are dead. Even if we are not alive Allah will never allow you to do it." Presumably referring to the polls scheduled for March 28.
He also claimed to have carried out the weekend attack in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, which the military says was repelled.
These latest threat by the sect comes hours after a suicide bomber attacked a restaurant along Damaturu road of Potiskum town, Yobe State, north east Nigeria.
It would be recalled that the security situation in the northeast of the country, which is Boko Haram's strong hold was the reason why Nigeria's general election initially scheduled for February 14 was postponed by six weeks, with the security services saying they needed more time to contain the insurgency in the region.
--
--
Listserv moderated by Toyin Falola, University of Texas at Austin
To post to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
To subscribe to this group, send an email to USAAfricaDialogue+subscribe@googlegroups.com
Current archives at http://groups.google.com/group/USAAfricaDialogue
Early archives at http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/index.html
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USA Africa Dialogue Series" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usaafricadialogue+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment