WE SHALL CONTINUE TO KILL RANDOMLY, BOKO HARAM LEADER, SHEKAU THREATENS
The Boko Haram leader, who spoke in his Kanuri language and Hausa, midway into his address also played an audio clip in which Governor Babagana Zulum, was heard addressing a crowd, calling on Boko Haram members to surrender their illegal activities.
Penpushing further reports that, the source of the Governor’s video clip getting to Shekau remained mystery to the Government, but rumour has it that, some Boko Haram members masquerade as Internally Displayed People(IDPs) and are in some of the camps in Bornu axis of the country.
The Boko Haram boss also faulted the Governor’s quote of the Holy Quran in the course of his speech while stating that,“God forgives sins”, but he (Shekau) said he has memorised the Quran more than the Governor who he accused of misquoting the verses.
“I decided to deliver this message to clarify an issue in order for the public to understand our stand so that they would not be misguided. Particularly, I’m speaking on the claims of the governor of Borno State that some of our members were forced to join us against their will and now they are tired of fighting’,Shekau said.
“And it was because of that that government has created “operation safe corridor” programme where repentant members of our group can be helped. I want to tell the governor that we are not tired yet. We have not even started. It is our wish to die fighting. We are on top of our game and by the grace of God we are going die doing this. We are still here’.
“You should know that in Islam, you cannot receive the forgiveness of Allah if you die without accepting Islam. Even the disciples of Islam, including the parent of a prophet of Islam did not get the pardon of God because they died without accepting Islam’.
“The governor should know that Islam is not Borno’s religion, it is not religion of Yobe or Kano; it is not a religion from Nigeria, or Niger or Cameroon. It is God’s religion sent down from heaven and explained to us clearly by the prophet.’
“For that reason, people should desist from giving wrong interpretation to the verses of the Holy Quran. For example, the verses that the governor quoted about forgiveness were not only wrong but used out of context; even this is enough shame on you governor’.
“It is not for us to repent; it is your governor of Borno that needs to repent. You cannot get paradise with what you are doing now. The world is full of people seeking its secular gains, and it abounds for all, but heaven is only for those that worked for it. Paradise is meant only for those who follow the path of God. Neither power nor wealth can earn one paradise. The people of Borno should repent and seek the face of God’.
“For us, democracy is an act of infidelity toward God. Democracy means “demons and cratos”. These are man-made laws that you follow, and God has forbidden us from following man-made laws. God has enjoined us to worship none except Him alone’.
“But here you are obeying the constitution when we have the Quran. It is better to be buried under the earth than to live in this kind of misguided generation. This is my message to the people of Borno in response to the speech made by their governor’.
“That is why I kept saying that any of our members that will come and join us only for him to leave because he is tired, is just wasting his time. They should know that even we only depend on God in all that we do. Anyone that knows the Holy Quran won’t want to spend a second amongst those infidels