Boko Haram joins ISIS

Boko Haram militants, have pledged allegiance to
Islamic State, according to a message on the
group’s Twitter account.
The message, which could not immediately be
verified, appeared to be by the group’s leader, Abu
Bakr bin Mohammed Shekau, who addressed
himself as the Imam of Jamaátu Ahlus Sunnah
Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) and was
addressed to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi al-Husseini al-
Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL) or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS).
In the message, he said. “From your brother in
Allah, Abu Mohamed Abu Bakr bin Mohammed
Shekau, the Imam of Jamaátu Ahlus Sunnah Lidda
Awaati Wal Jihad to the Caliph of Muslims
Abubakar Abu Bakr Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim
al-Husseini al-Qurashi.
We are sending you this message, following what
Allah said in his Quran (And hold fast, all of you
together, to the Rope of Allah and be not divided
among yourselves) and what the Prophet, Peace be
upon him said (Whoever died and he had not
Imam, died by death of ignorance).
In submission to the order of Allah “Azza wa Jal”,
and submission to the order of the prophet, peace
be upon him to not separate from each other and
to stay united as Ummah as Jammaaáh, We
announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the
Muslims Ibrahim ibn Awad ibn Ibrahim al-Husseini
al-Qurashi and will hear and obey in times of
difficulty and prosperity, in hardship and ease, and
to endure being discriminated against and not to
dispute about rule with those in power, except in
case of evident infidelity,” read an English-
language translation of the video broadcast in
Arabic.
Nigerian troops have routed terrorists from different
towns and communities, including Bara, the
Headquarter of Gulani Local Government Area of
Yobe State in the last few weeks.
Last week, President Goodluck Jonathan said the
tide has “definitely turned” against militant
Islamists as Nigerian troops and their regional
allies recapture territory.
President Idriss Deby of Chad, Wednesday, said he
knew the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, and
called on him to surrender or risk being killed.
Boko Haram began a military campaign to impose
Islamic rule in northern Nigeria in 2009.
It would be the latest in a series of groups to
swear allegiance to ISIS.