Militants of
the dreaded terrorist group, Boko Haram, have slaughtered seven soldiers in
Niger with eight others injured in two separate attacks over the past week.
According to a
statement issued on Tuesday evening by the country’s military, the two attacks
occured in the southeastern Diffa region near the border with Nigeria.
The statement
revealed that on Monday morning, five of the soldiers were killed in an ambush
carried out by “members of the Boko Haram terrorist group” which also left six
others wounded.
In an earlier
incident on September 8, two soldiers were killed and another two wounded when
their patrol vehicle went over “an improvised explosive device”, the statement
concluded.
The death toll
of soldiers in Niger was announced on a day some fighters of the death cult
released a video in which they threatened to capture President Muhammadu
Buhari.
The footage –
narrated in Hausa – which is said to have been shot somewhere in Borno State,
northeast Nigeria, showed suspected terrorists praying on what the narrator
said was an Eid ground on Sallah day (Monday).
In the video,
which was posted on YouTube on Tuesday, the group, which said it still remained
a force to be reckoned with, called Buhari an infidel and threatened to capture
him.
“This
is our eid prayer from us and by the support of our leader Imam Abubakar
Al-Shekau. We are extending our greetings to our people and fighters.
“Message to
the infidels and the leader of the entire infidels (kafir) who is the President
of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, that he should know we are very strong and doing
very good.
“By the will
of Allah under the leadership of our leader (Shekau) will capture Buhari with
our hands,” the group said.
Source:360nobs
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