Boko Haram leader mocks injury claims saying ‘I’m in a happy state’
Abubakar Shekau says 'If you want your girls, bring back our brethren'
BOKO Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau has mocked claims he was injured by the Nigerian military and warned "you have not seen the worst yet".
In a video posted to social media the leader of the jihadist group dismisses claims he has been seriously injured and says: "I will not get killed until my time comes."
Shekau said: "You broadcast the news and published it in your media outlets that you injured me and killed me and here I am.
"Oh tyrants, I'm in a happy state, in good health and in safety."
He also taunted the parents of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.
He said: "If you want your girls, bring back our brethren."
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Boko Haram kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in April 2014 - about 218 remain missing.
Nigerian army spokesman Sani Usman said: "Boko Haram terrorism as it was known, is gone for good.
"We are just counting down to the day when all the few remnants will be totally wiped out or brought to justice."
Last month the Nigerian army reported it had seriously injured Shekau in an air strike.
But the announcement was met with scepticism by Boko Haram experts, who pointed out that previous reports have been false.
Shekau became Boko Haram leader following the death of the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, in 2009.
Boko Haram has killed about 15,000 and displaced more than two million in its bid to create a state under strict Islamic law.
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