Zee Media Bureau
Kano: According to an Islamist leader of Nigeria’s radical group Boko Haram has secured many victories against the Nigeria’s military during an ongoing offensive, as per a video footage published by Boko Haram.
Abubakar Shekau, the Islamists group leader said in the video, "Since we started this ongoing war which they call state of emergency ... In some instances soldiers who faced us turned and ran."
“Nigerian forces threw down their arms in flight,” He said further.
He called on like-minded Islamists in countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq to join the fight to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.
"We call to us our brethren in these countries I mentioned. Oh! Our brethren, come to us," he said in the video, which alternates between Arabic and the Hausa language spoken across northern Nigeria.
Earlier, on May 15 Nigerian government had launched an offensive against Boko Haram, after President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the country`s northeast, the Islamist insurgents` stronghold.
With agency inputs
