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Nigeria: The Boko Haram militant group has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), according to an audio statement posted on Boko Haram's Twitter account and is believed to be by the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau Reuters reports.
The audio message was well-produced with rolling translation from his Arabic to both French and English. Although it was not an elaborate video production like those put out by IS itself, it had many of the IS hallmarks, including an Islamic anthem at the beginning.
"We announce our allegiance to the Caliph ... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease," read an English language translation of the audio broadcast in Arabic that purported to be from the Nigerian militant group.
"We call upon Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the Caliph," it read.
The audio script identified the Caliph as Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Awad al-Qurashi, who is better known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State and self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world.
"(The audio) is confirming what we always thought. It's sad, it's bad," said Nigerian government spokesman Mike Omeri.
"It's why we were appealing to the international community ... Hopefully the world will wake up to the disaster unfolding here" he says.
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#BokoHaram #ISIS #Nigeria
The audio message was well-produced with rolling translation from his Arabic to both French and English. Although it was not an elaborate video production like those put out by IS itself, it had many of the IS hallmarks, including an Islamic anthem at the beginning.
"We announce our allegiance to the Caliph ... and will hear and obey in times of difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease," read an English language translation of the audio broadcast in Arabic that purported to be from the Nigerian militant group.
"We call upon Muslims everywhere to pledge allegiance to the Caliph," it read.
The audio script identified the Caliph as Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Awad al-Qurashi, who is better known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State and self-proclaimed caliph of the Muslim world.
"(The audio) is confirming what we always thought. It's sad, it's bad," said Nigerian government spokesman Mike Omeri.
"It's why we were appealing to the international community ... Hopefully the world will wake up to the disaster unfolding here" he says.
click here to read full report
#BokoHaram #ISIS #Nigeria
