{"id":26325,"date":"2020-05-13T13:44:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26325"},"modified":"2020-05-13T13:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T12:44:31","slug":"shekau-bh-leader-begs-allah-for-mercy-as-army-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=26325","title":{"rendered":"Shekau, BH leader, begs Allah for mercy as Army pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has cried profusely in a new audio, seeking protection of Allah against the firepower of the Nigerian military.
\nOf late, the Nigerian military has intensified offensive and recorded a series of successes against the Boko Haram terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad.
\nIn a 1:22 seconds audio obtained by DAILY NIGERIAN, the Boko Haram leader spoke in Kanuri, seeking protection of Allah against the \u201cdevilish act\u201d of Nigerian military, and said they are facing difficulties in this Holy month of Ramadan.
\n\u201cIf it is the devilish act and wickedness [of the Nigerian military], may Allah protect us from their evil. Oh Allah, keep us firm on your religion. We are poor things who know nothing, oh our Lord, Allah.
\n\u201cWe deserted Izala people to practice Your true religion; we abandoned Tijjaniyya people to practice Your true religion; we deserted the Shiites to practice Your true religion; we forsook our parents, uncles and aunties to practice Your true religion.
\n\u201cIt is because of your religion that we placed knife on Your servants\u2019 necks; but today, they are trying to change us from one thing to another. Oh Lord, have mercy upon under [the blessings] Ramadhan; Oh Lord, have mercy on under [the blessings] of Ramadhan (crying profusely).
\n\u201cOh Allah give us victory over our enemies. Oh brothers, for Allah\u2019s sake, obey Allah and help me with prayers. This does not mean I am angry.
\n\u201cMay Allah keep us firm on the Qur\u2019an. Allah knows best. Peace and blessings be upon the Prophet of Allah and all thanks be to Allah,\u201d Mr Shekau sobbed.
\nIn a reaction to the audio clip, Bulama Bukarti, a human rights lawyers and conflict analyst who has studied Boko Haram for over a decade, said \u201cthis is the first time we heard Shekau cry in this way.\u201d
\nAccording to Mr Bulama, the audio suggests that something terrible is happening to the Shekau faction of Boko Haram.
\n\u201cThe Shekau we are used to is a bombastic, ruthless gangster that ridicules, mocks and chortles at his victims. This audio is quite unusual. It suggests that the group is under immense pressure that threatens its existence. Anything that will make Shekau sob must be a serious existential threat and I think it is the Nigerian Army\u2019s ongoing onslaught.
\n\u201cThe army has been releasing news and photos of their successes and Boko Haram itself has lately been releasing eulogies to dead fighters. That is what made Shekau wail in this audio. He thinks it is hard to survive this one,\u201d Mr Bulama said.
\nHe however noted that the audio does not suggest that the Boko Haram leader is surrendering and seeking negotiation.
\n\u201cBut make no mistake that he would never back down, he will not surrender. He would rather die fighting. As the clip indicates, he is as committed to his cause as ever. And history has taught us that Boko Haram is capable of weathering storms and bouncing back from serious defeats. Therefore, I suggest that the Nigerian Army should push on; it is not time to relax. It is time to do even more,\u201d he added.
\n\u25aa By Daily Nigerian<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has cried profusely in a new audio, seeking protection of Allah against the firepower of the Nigerian military. Of late, the Nigerian military has intensified offensive and recorded a series of successes against the Boko Haram terrorists on the fringes of Lake Chad. In a 1:22 seconds audio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}