Abubakar Shekau: "It's Better I Die & Go & Rest
Than The Calamity Befalling Us"
Abubakar Shekau
The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said in a new
video that he is tired of the calamity befalling his group.
“I am tired of this calamity; it is better I die and go to
rest in paradise”, he said at the end of the 10-minute video.
In the video, delivered chiefly in Hausa, Mr. Shekau
couldn’t hide his frustration on the continued hostility and loss of his
supporters to government troops.
With a broken voice that clearly betrayed his emotion, Mr.
Shekau pleaded with his non-combatant members across Nigeria to pick up arms
and help him fight till he drops dead.
The terror group’s leader, however, remained defiant.
Flanked by two hooded armed men, Mr. Shekau said the latest
claim by the military that the group had been sent packing from Sambisa forest
was false.
He boasted that he is still in Sambisa forest and still
controls the territory.
He said that his men would continue to fight regardless of
the recent induction of Cameroonian soldiers into the Operation Lafiya Dole
counter insurgency force.
Below is the full text of the translated speech by the Boko
Haram leader.
“I have no lengthy message to deliver except on the issue of
worshiping God alone and serving Him without getting tired. Ours in not like
that of the unbelievers whose worship is like the spider web. Just like one of
the leaders of unbelievers, who is like an ape, was recently boasting that they
have formed a joint force with Cameroonian forces to fight us.
“That they would not only chase us from Sambisa forest but
also in all parts of Nigeria. So we too have declared that we do not want to
see any Nigerian in Cameroon, in Chad, in Nigeria and even Benin Republic. So I
call on our brethren in Abuja, in Lagos, in Benin, in Kaduna, where ever you
find any Nigerian make sure you shoot him dead if he is deliberately against
us; but if he is ignorant of our ways, teach him on how to understand our ways.
This is our first message.
“It is not about approaching you, because that has already
been done by our God.
“Our second message is to attack anyone who pledge to
Nigerian his country, to be faithful, loyal and honest, and serve Nigeria.
Anyone who believes in protecting the interest of Nigeria is our target. The
one whose creed is to develop western education where infidels are trained is
our enemy. Whoever that stands on any creed other than that of our Prophet
Muhammad brought to us; the one that his great disciples followed, should know
that he is our avowed enemy and if he confronts us we will fight him.
“In this job that we embarked upon, we are not going to
boast too much about, but we pray that God should take our lives while on this
struggle and not on any other thing else. May God help us on this belief.
“So you Nigerians especially the youth vigilante, we are
going to fight you and that thing that drives you to pick up arms against us;
we don’t care what they call you, be it Civilian-JTF or any kind of force. Just
as you said you don’t want us on the face of Nigeria, so shall we too declare
you persona non grata in Sambisa. Let anyone who has brains to think to avoid
moving around Sambisa forest. Those of you the leaders of the troops will no
longer have peace just like the way you think you have made here uncomfortable
for us.
“And you General Rogers that is currently leading the troops
and boasting that that you have take-over Sambisa and have rescued some women,
why have you not rescued the police women that we abducted? You liar, why
couldn’t you rescue them? You are busy deceiving with images of vehicles that
we seized from you and abandoned for over three years and claiming that you
have killed us. If you have killed us, why are we still alive?
“Oh you brethren of our holy creed, wherever you are, should
rise up and fight for Allah. If you cannot do it there, then come over to our
side and fight for the cause of Allah. You must know that whoever that fails to
follow the teaching of the Holy Quran and Hadith cannot enter paradise. (In
broken voice) Because the pattern of life in the world today is not Islamic.
Wherever you are, even if you are in Saudi Arabia, and you have your gun,
please stand up and fight, kill whoever you see that is not on our side.
Kidnap and bring them to us. Our course is to establish our
caliphate and die doing that.
We may not be alive to see the caliphate but even if it
comes to be after we have died, it is still a bonus on our side.
“This is the message I have for you all. My name is Abubakar
Shekau, the one that is an invincible enemy that you are fighting.
“That is our stand. I am tired of this calamity; it is
better I die and go to rest in paradise
SOURCE: Nairaland
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