3 surprising things Abubakar Shekau said in latest message
Shekau reacted to the recent US elections which saw the emergence of Donald Trump as President-elect.
Boko Haram's shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau is shown in an August 8, 2016 video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group
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Shekau reacted to the recent US elections which saw the emergence of Donald Trump as President-elect.
Read three important things he said in the message below:
Shekau’s comments are surprising because he no longer enjoys the support and power he used to before being demoted by the Islamic State (ISIS) in August.
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ISIS announced in August that it was replacing Shekau with Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the 22-year-old son of Boko Haram's founder Mohammed Yusuf.
Shekau however rejected the appointment and said that he had been deceived by ISIS which he pledged allegiance to in March 2015.
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