A new video by the Boko Haram insurgents has
emerged on You Tube , wherein the leader of the
outlawed sect, Abubakar Shekau, was seen
saying that Cameroon was going to suffer the
same measure of attacks it has been visiting on
Nigeria.
Shekau spoke in Arabic Language in the video
released on January 5.
He directed his speech at the President of
Cameroon, Paul Biya, stating that, “Oh Biya, if
you don’t stop this, your evil plot, you will taste
what has befallen Nigeria… Your troops cannot
do anything to us.”
Apparently, Shekau’s threat followed repeated
confrontations with Boko Haram by the
Cameroonian troops in the northern part of the
country.
After Boko Haram’s first attack in the northern
part of Cameroon on December 28, Biya had on
December 29 reportedly ordered air strike against
the sect.
The Cameroonian president had also reportedly
made a series of strong statements against Boko
Haram.
Last year October, Biya had vowed to go after
the group “until it’s totally wiped out.”
Also, in May last year, Biya had reportedly said
that a Paris meeting of Nigeria’s neighbours was
designed to “declare war on Boko Haram”.
It was the first time that Boko Haram will make
an open comment on its activities in Cameroon.
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