SAN FRANCISCO, August 03, (THEWILL) – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described the announcement of a new Boko Haram leader as irrelevant and inconsequential to the military’s operation in the North-East saying the group is only seeking attention.
THEWILL recalls that the BBC had reported that ISIS, on Wednesday, announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new leader of Boko Haram.
Al-Barnawi was the spokesman of the group under Abubakar Shekau, whose whereabouts has been unknown since 2015.
Reacting to the announcement, Rabe Abubakar, Director of Defence Information, declared that the military remains focused on its operation to wipe out the insurgents.
“As far as we are concerned, what Boko Haram or their cohorts are doing is of no relevance to our operations against them,” he said in Abuja.
“We are just focused on clearing the remnants of the insurgents that are scattered around.
“What they are doing is to seek relevance and to tell the world that they are still around whereas they have been decimated.
“Their latest move is the antics of a fading group and I believe that in the shortest time they will be history.”
Story by David Oputah.
