Boko Haram has released a video to confirm that it abducted
policewomen.
In the video released through a journalist, Ahmad Salkida,
the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau spoke for about 10 minutes.
He said several female officers were abducted during
Boko Haram attack on a joint police/military convoy near Maiduguri on June
20.
His speech is then followed by scenes of the fierce attack,
which took place on the Maiduguri-Damboa road.
In the 17 minutes and 25 seconds video, graphic contents of
one of the terror victims are shown, as well as images of another set of
victims perhaps about to be beheaded.
Shekau, takes credit for the attack and mocked Nigerian security officials for lying that Boko Haram had been defeated.
Shekau, takes credit for the attack and mocked Nigerian security officials for lying that Boko Haram had been defeated.
“I want to tell you that we are the one that attacked the
convoy, here are the vehicles for all to witness, we are the ones that abducted
the female police officers. In fact, they are senior female police
officers,” Shekau boasted.
“What we did is nothing when compared to our women,
children, and friends that have been wiped out or arrested for many years by
the Nigerian government. We only abducted them to serve as slaves to us”, he
added.
He also declares that the women his group abducted are fewer
than 10 in number, and referred to them as “slaves”.
By Wale Odunsi
