So who has the Chad
president been talking to? Abubakar Shekau the leader of Nigerian-based
militant group Boko Haram has denied a claim by the president of Chad that he
has been replaced.
"It is a blatant lie that I have been replaced," Abubakar Shekau said in an audio recording released on Sunday.
"It is a blatant lie that I have been replaced," Abubakar Shekau said in an audio recording released on Sunday.
"I am alive and in
charge, I will only die at the time Allah has assigned for me," he added.
"It is indeed all over
the global media of infidels that I am dead or that I am sick and incapacitated
and have lost influence in the affairs of religion.
"It should be
understood that this is false. This is indeed a lie. If it were true, my voice
wouldn't have been heard, now that I am speaking."
In the clip he pledged
allegiance to Islamic State, calling himself the governor of the "West
African Islamic State Province".
The clip lasts around eight
minutes.
Chad's leader Idriss Deby
said last week that Shekau had been replaced as the group's boss by Mahamat
Daoud who wants to negotiate with the government of Nigeria.
Chad has been battling the
militants alongside the Nigerian army.
Boko Haram was founded in
2002 to oppose Western-style education.
Shekau took over as leader
after its founder Muhammad Yusuf died in July 2009.
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