dismissed Abubakar Shekau's threat of causing mayhem during the 2015
general elections, giving strong assurances that the military will be
able to secure Nigeria during and after the elections.
General Olukolade on Wednesday told Channels Television that no amount
of threat will deter the military's operations from taking place in
the North East or anywhere in the country.
He also said a lot of success has been achieved in the past week, in
the fight against insurgence adding that Mongunu and other towns
hitherto controlled by Boko Haram have been recovered by the Nigerian
Military.
Recently, the Nigerian Military took delivery of some military
hardware to enable it fight the terrorist to a standstill.
In a video posted on Reuters, Abubakar Shekau condemned states
government for not following sharia law, and threatened to stop the
elections from holding.
The presidential election has already been postponed from its initial
date of February 14 due to security concerns.
According to the video, Abubakar Shekau said "you are claiming that we
don't know how to fight, but we forced your forces to flee from their
bases and we freed our imprisoned brothers from the prisons that you
oppressed them in, only praise be to Allah".
Shekau's who titled the video "A Message to the Leaders of the
Disbelievers", also threatened to attack neighbouring countries who
are contributing troops to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF)
like Chad and Niger.
--ChannelsTV
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