Leader of Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has released a new video and have declared that Nigeria’s election will not hold in a newly released video on Tuesday.
The 11th minute video shows the Boko Haram leader spoke about Nigeria's election which he promised will not hold without them disrupting it.
“This election will not be held even if we are dead. Even if we are not alive Allah will never allow you to do it,” Shekau said in the Hausa language, presumably referring to the polls scheduled for March 28.
He also claimed a weekend attack in Gombe which the military says was repelled.
“And these words are our reply to the current issue that people are talking about,” Shekau said in apparent response to the accusations and counter-accusations regarding election postponement.
“Allah will not let you people hold this election because you people are saying that ‘authority’ people ruling each other,” he said.
He disputed the military’s account of the Gombe clashe claiming that his fighters overran troops and freed insurgents from prison.
Nigeria’s general election had been scheduled for February 14 but was postponed by six weeks with the security services saying they needed more time to contain the violence in the North east, Boko Haram’s stronghold.
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