Abubakar Shekau, the leader of a faction of the Boko Haram insurgent group has threatened to bomb Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital.
Abubakar Salkida, A Nigerian Journalist based in UAE but with close contacts with the insurgents made the revelation in a series of tweets from his twitter handle Friday evening.
According to Salkida, Shauibu Moni, one of the Boko Haram commanders released last week in exchange for the 82 Chibok girls was the one who made the threat on behalf of Shekau.
Salkida wrote, ”Abubakar Shekau has just released a video on Chibokgirls that were recently swapped with his fighter.”
“I will tweet the highlights of the video, yet to be uploaded on YouTube, in a moment.
“The video has Shuaibu Moni, one of the swapped BH commanders issuing threats to Nigerian authorities and its president.
“The commander, in the video, declared that it is not true that only five commanders were released, warning of imminent bombing of Abuja.
“He further said that there’s been no ‘sulhu’ dialogue with govt and there won’t be. Only war is between us, he declared.
The full video will soon be uploaded on youtube.
