Boko Haram Threatens President Jonathan

Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the radical group, Boko Haram has threatened that the group will “devour” President Goodluck Jonathan “in three months”.
     In a report by Reuters, the group’s head in a video  titled: message to Goodluck Jonathan, posted on YouTube, said that President Goodluck Jonathan has set the hands of the clock backwards when he boastedo get rid of the group in three months.
   The video which played for 14-minute  showed  Abubakar Shekau in a white robe, with gunmen wielding AK rifles around him.  Leaning against the wall was a dangerous looking machine gun. In the video, the leader of the group first spoke t in Arabic and later in the Hausa. He boosted that the  President  does not have the capacity to o stop the group from carrying out attacks.
    Abubakar Shekau  added, “Jonathan, you the helpless, we heard that you intend and want to destroy us, but this talk is useless when it is said by an infidel because only God can destroy us,”  He went further t and said in Arabic. “Until now, nobody was able to do that (destroy us), and you too will not be able to do anything, with God’s help.You, Jonathan, cannot stop us, instead we will devour you in the three months like you are boasting.We are proud soldiers of Allah, we will never give up as we fight the infidels. We will emerge as winners … we will finish you and end your government.” It would be recalled that Abubakar      Shekau had released videos on YouTube in the past.
     For several years, the group Boko Haram has waged a violent campaign against the government of Nigeria. The sophistication of some of their most recent attacks has many concerned about the group's possible links to international terrorists.