The leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for the Monday bombing in Nigeria's capital that killed at least 75 people. The video message, rare for the Islamist group following any dramatic attack, is circulating widely and a copy of it was obtained by SaharaReporters late Saturday afternoon.
"We are the ones that carried out the attack in Abuja," Shekau said in the nearly half hour video. He was referring to the deadliest attack ever recorded in Nigeria's capital. The car bomb attack, which targeted a bus station packed with morning commuters, caught Nigerian officials and the general public by surprise. It was sudden and came without warning.
In the video Shekau is seen seated with a kalashnikov rifle resting on his left shoulder. He is dressed in a green colored military uniform, the same type of uniform seen by eyewitnesses in recent attacks by the terrorist group that includes a raid at when they’ve carried out the insurgent commander spoke in both Arabic and the Hausa language that is dominant in northern Nigeria.
The message was delivered to AFP in a manner consistent with previous videos from Boko Haram.
The bombing at the Nyanya bus terminal on the outskirts of Abuja was the first major attack in the capital in two years.
Most of the insurgents' violence in recent months had been concentrated in the group's remote northeastern stronghold, where the military is waging an 11-month-old offensive.
The attack in Abuja underscored the serious threat the Islamists pose to Africa's most populous country and top economy.
Shekau indicated that Boko Haram has fighters based in the capital.
"We are in your city," he said, addressing Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan.
Shekau has been declared a global terrorist by the United States, which has put a $7 million bounty (5.1 million euros) on his head.
Hours after the Abuja bombing, gunmen stormed a girls' school in the northeast and kidnapped 129 students, an attack also blamed on Boko Haram that has sparked global outrage.
Forty-four of the girls have escaped so far, according to officials, and the military has said it has launched a major search and rescue operation.
*OH GOD MY ONLY PRAYER TODAY IS THAT THIS MAN IS SERVED WHAT HE HAS GIVEN OUT,LET HIS FLESH BE SPREAD FOR BIRDS TO FEED ON!
Of course they were the ones behind d blast wiv members of d cabals supporting and sponsoring them. It's only God that wil ruthlessly punish them. They can smile naw buh I knw the God I serve..
ReplyDeleteMay the victims souls rest in peace. What leaves to mind naw is wht exactly is our GEJ doin abt dis?? Or is he just shoving it under d shelf and claiming dey can stop him frm "Showing Face" in fxns. D long meeting he called, we havnt heard anything, hw many meetings more before he realises dis people mean business. God kip us all safe frm harm, Amen!
Nigeria!!! What a country! No security of any sort! It's sickening!
DeleteUseless pipo...............Rip 2 d victim.
DeleteU dropped a very brilliant comment, am impressed. Our president is still playing politics with the lives of pple n it's rather unfortunate. How can they call for a meeting without inviting APC governors? Why can't they have the sportsmanship spirit n come together to resolve this issue of BM.
DeleteMoreover, Nyanya bomb n SSS aso villa jail break is a pointer to the fact that dis pple are closer to the president/seat of power than we can ever imagine.
At least frm @ciaxon tweets, we were told that SSS were overpowered, eventho wat transpired was under-reported.
I pray we find a solution soon.
Happy Easter to u all.
Twinnie.
Boko Haram are not human, they are bitch that take themselves as prey, Nigerian forbid such an heartless human being among us, our should try all their positive best to put an end to this massacre. everywhere is not secure now, stay alert and be watchful cos nobody no the next target but i pray that God will arrest them.
DeleteNow only one thing he said stands out to me:'we are in ur city'!
DeleteI hope Mr president has heard that?i expect something drastic to be on board already in d FCT else it's only a matter of time that another bomb will explode and sure it will be deadlier than nyanya's!
God pls;MERCY!
The amazing thing is that they can track the video to its source. Didn't they arrest that boy that put pics of the soldiers online?? Why not this one???
DeleteUseless muslims.
ReplyDeleteNow, this right here is a very ignorant statement. This is an Islamic sect, it doesn't mean ALL muslims support their actions or that they are carrying out an agenda endorsed by ALL muslims. There are peaceful & peace-loving muslims all around us. The people being slaughtered on a daily basis in Bornu and other northern states are mostly muslims too. Please connect your mouth to your brain before making this kind of statement next time. It's very insensitive of you.
DeleteWill that insult of yours solve the problem. Earn it.
DeleteAK
I wouldn't insult Muslims. However, I can't help but wonder why the Muslim body is not speaking out against boko haram
DeleteCan Nigeria just divide please so these hausas can find their square root and eat their own flesh
ReplyDeleteStella amen to your prayer but that can only happen if he is caught.
DeleteIn the end, we shall all stand before God someday to account for our actions and inactions
ReplyDeleteNigeria awake for these massacre is getting too much for this country.
DeleteAss hole
ReplyDeleteOh God!!! "We are in your city"
ReplyDeleteFather Lord!This country will not be swept away!
I promise you that my father in heaven will give you what youv given so many families in this country
Fellow Nigerians,pls be watchful..
My folks think we should relocate..Lol
I know my mom sleeps on CNN and other channels these days...She's so worried!
We shall overcome!!!
Ps:As I was reading this,i was expecting to see their demand just like terrorists in other countries...I have a nagging feeling that they communicate with GEJ and has demanded for something very atrocious from him(probably to turn the country into a sharia ruled nation )#MyThoughts
Iphie, there was a time they demanded for amnesty like the niger-delta militants......
DeleteIphie, there was a time they demanded for amnesty like the niger-delta militants......
DeleteThey did not demand they were given but it included things even goodluck couldn't control
DeleteE.g they wanted the whole nijah to become an islamic state
Then people should stop going to school cus they biliv its wrong according to their religion
They also do not want to be governd by a christain
And lots more
Now can you give them that
Mtchew
The grievance that started this issh was the zonal arrangement thing after Yaradua died. The northerners felt that the 4 to 8 years tenure that Yaradua started should be completed by another Hausa man as it were. They thought that with Jonathan stepping up as president would be a temporary arrangement until their candidate was decided.
DeleteIf u remember that even Jonathan was left in the dark as per informations concerning his boss health, Yaradua.. way before he passed on. They embarrassed GEJ and made him a non existent Vice P, he was a figure head while it lasted. So Jonathan was meant to be a ceremonial head as far as that administration was concerned. But of cos, death was inevitable for Yaradua.
Whilst the hush tone update about whether Yaradua was dead or not continued, the northerners made their intentions clear to OBJ. Without knowing that OBJ himself was the master planner who knew it would be impossible for Yaradua to complete his term. Because baba saw a passive servant in GEJ, and he felt it would be easier to monopolise him as the substitute President. When this failed, war started within them. It was when they realised that GEJ had the supports of Nigerians back then, and people actually voted for him, as everyone was echoing the 'good luck' rants up and down, it dawned on the northerners that they had been put out of office...ans their space had terminated. This was when they declared war on GEJ.
I don't think that their contention with GEJ is the Sharia law issue. Otherwise if they wanted to impose Islam on Nigeria, Yaradua had the chance to do that when he was there. I think the issue is more of the zonal arrangement. Which should be scrapped along godfatherism by the way.
Dis idiot is jst so lame, in d video, he claims he is killing to aveng d muslims dat av bin killed, are is hrtless bombings and abductions not affecting d muslims aswel? Hw dumb and shallow he is. God's anger ll visit him soon. He also claims he is always victorious bcos he serves God, may God punish him for associating God with evil.
ReplyDeleteWhy do I find it hard to believe this. They can't keep washing our brain with BH. Who are they that they shouldn't have been turn into ashes by now. Couple with US looking for their leader in the cave right.
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You know what Facinates me is the fact that after the bomb jonathan went for campaign in Kano and a birthday party in ibadan just the next day. And the women portesting for the kidnapped girls posed in black clothes, smilling at cameras snapping them. Really what nonesence?
ReplyDeleteAnd now PDP blames APC for the bomb. They want To toy withus and today they say is religious tomorrow political these politicians destroyed Nigeria
ReplyDeletePeople like u that just read headlines and feel you are informed are very bad for this country. The pdp said that the utterances of many
DeleteYou know what Facinates me is the fact that after the bomb jonathan went for campaign in Kano and a birthday party in ibadan just the next day. And the women portesting for the kidnapped girls posed in black clothes, smilling at cameras snapping them. Really what nonesence?
ReplyDeleteJeg is clueless and powerless to stop them because they have infiltrated his government. Boko get first hand info on any plans by jeg to neutralize them and this makes jegs work almost impossible. The only way to win is for gej to flush ALL muslims and northerners from the corridors of power, from the armed forces and from runnning state governments but we all know this is not possible
ReplyDeleteBung-hole... Nincompoop.stella birds feedinq on him isn't enuf. He shud b butchered like d piq he is. Beast!
ReplyDeleteWhy this handsome man dey misbehave like this nah?
ReplyDeleteAsewo! Think with ur brain and not ur privates.
DeleteOde fanatic, u re claiming to be shekau or she cow or whateva. U de happy to de kill human being like u. I pity u ds bloody bastards, killing people anyhow in d name Of allah, ur time is near! U will soon see, u ds bloody ass holes, May u idiots be fed with ur own flesh n drunken by ur own blood, bastards.
ReplyDeleteStale gist
ReplyDeleteIslam is the problem with this world. Pakistan, Islam......iraq, yemen, afganistan, somalia, kenya.....ISLAM.....syria, lebanon, Nigeria....ISLAM!!!!!! Even america, ISLAM!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe uk stopped islamic preachers from entering their country.....the religion is meant to be good but people are hiding under it to commit attrocities.
If only Abraham had refused to sleep with Sarahs maid, there would have been no ishmeal......I hope father Abraham is up there seeing what his decendants are doing.......
Anonymous u are very useless thinkless human being.why will u acused the Hausas are they all Boko haram? or are they all suppoting their evil deeds?Please if u dont know what to say kindly keep ur dirty mouth shut
ReplyDeleteIf only the yorubas had stood by the igbos and we had Biafra, all these things won't be our problems but they decided to betray the igbos, now, we are all suffering the northerners.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, God, I don't know why you are keeping silent over this but who am I to question your authority?
Oh shut up. Betray like how, u hypocrite. Na now u know say u wan be with yorubas, when some stupid people from ur tribe abuse and beef yorubas, do u caution them? Just leave us alone and face ur work o. We want to be alone abeg. Afterall, all u igbos do is vote for PDP who have destroyed the whole country for 15 years now. Do u see any PDP state in South West? We are for change and I guess u see the developments going on in Southwest and the APC states. We support competence, integrity and performance and don't bring religious, tribal or regional sentiments in voting or choosing leaders. Am a christian and would vote a moslem or christian so far he or she is credible. U people have been blinded by the bribe u collect during elections and keep voting for this DISEASE called PDP. Get ur priorities right.
DeleteMrs D,ur tot on dis is shallow!whether tthe yorubas had cooperated with igbos during d war,it wouldn't have made a difference cos there are still Muslims amongst the yorubas and even a few igbos,so?
DeleteBtw Islam isn't d problem,butt the religious extremism of some brainwashed pyscophats called BH,afterall even their moslem brothers aren't spared!so what u saying doesn't add up....do not to throw d baby with the bathwater!
Ananymours you must be very stupid,useless and thinkless human being.Do u think that all Muslims and Hausas are members of B/H? People like u are the one making Nigeria very hard to live
ReplyDeleteThey may not all be members of bh but what are they doing to separate themselves from bh? Nothing is the answer.
DeletePlease what's bokoharam's aim?
ReplyDeleteWhy do they derive joy in doing this
God please we need ur divine intervention
Dose wu maim by d sword,shall die by it. EVE E UME
ReplyDeleteThey did not need to claim responsibility for the bombing. We all know they did it. But for records purposes, its good they always come out publicly to claim so. So that on the day of punishment, they will be slain without any sign of remorse, not by gunshots, but slow and painful way of dying so they understand how it feels too. Very soon, very soon
ReplyDeleteLord have Mercy on us all, guide guard and protect us from these wicked Bokos.
ReplyDelete@"We are in ur city" .......*i shiver* my church is in Karu/Nyanya, was so scared to even go to church this morning, Henceforth....I've decided to avoid crowded places.
Oh God of Vengeance Arise and wipe Boko haram of our Land.Please Lord,Pleaseeee!!!!....... Amen!!!
D Almighty God I serve shall pay u back in ur own coin.u shall die a misérable death.u and ur cohorts!and just u know it,ur time is up,ur end is near...nearer than u think.Evil evil man!
ReplyDeleteBEASTS!
ReplyDeleteWait o! Do u all mean this man lives in Nigeria here and Jonathan no get liver to capture him. Na wa o. For this same country? Jonathan is as weak as a punctured tyre. The almighty US even went to Afghanistan and captured Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein rendering them useless and killed them. Or is it that Jonathan does not want to act or what? Why claim to spend billions on Nigerian forces and not be able to capture boko haram's ring leaders. It's so pathetic and disappointing. If u cannot do it pls let someone else do the job. Why would u keep forcing urself on us when u are weak, we r not safe in ur hands abeg. Just leave immediately. And some people will still want to vote for this man? What a joke of a country.
ReplyDeleteMr Shekau...u and ur crew are simply possessed by blood sucking demons.Ignorance is affecting you.The bible says 'my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge'.You and all your sponsors lack knowledge and are gradually perishing.Take a moment to read the Holy Bible.
ReplyDeleteYou didn't create these innocent people yet you took their lives from them.If you don't repent,God's judgement awaits you,your sponsors and your unborn generations.You can't escape it.
How many of you here live in Abuja? This is more worrisome than Psquare and their choices. Be there spewing tribalistic nonsense when we are under a serious threat. PSquare own a home in the US and will get entertainment work visa to live out there. Meanwhile life goes on and bombing continues. Naija people and stupid priorities.
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