Boko Haram video threatens to kill Nigeria's president

In this Friday, July. 31, 2015 file photo people walk past a damaged car at the site of a bomb explosion in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Picture: AP Photo/Jossy Ola, File

In this Friday, July. 31, 2015 file photo people walk past a damaged car at the site of a bomb explosion in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Picture: AP Photo/Jossy Ola, File

Published Sep 15, 2016

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Lagos - A new video by Boko Haram threatens to kill Nigeria's president and army chief and warns of further destruction, though the Islamic extremists have not mounted a major attack in Nigeria in months.

A preacher in the video says Boko Haram is "even stronger now" and "will destroy what we never destroyed before," according to a translation from the Hausa by Premium Times newspaper.

The video posted on YouTube on Wednesday says it was shot Monday in Nigeria's northeastern Sambisa Forest at prayers marking Eid al-Adha festival.

It shows scores of worshipping men, many armed, in a mosque and at an outdoor ceremony.

Boko Haram is in the midst of a power struggle and the video declares allegiance to long-time leader Abubakar Shekau.

The 7-year uprising has killed more than 20,000 people.

AP

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