In a 57-minutes-long video obtained by Agence France-Presse, the leader of the group Abubakar Shekauappears dressed in a military uniform and speaks while standing in front of an armoured personnel carrier and two pickup lorries mounted with submachine guns. Six armed men stand beside him with their faces covered.
Shekau addresses the viewers in the Hausa, Arabic and English languages.
For the first 14 minutes, he criticizes democracy, Western education, efforts for Muslims and Christians to live in peace and condemns Islam non-believers. Further, he says he could marry a 9 or a 12-year-old girl.
“I abducted a girl at a Western education school, and you are disturbed,” he says. “I said, Western education should end. Girls, you should go and get married.”
He says, “I abducted your girls” and vows to “sell them in the market, by Allah”.Shekau promised more similar episodes in the nearest future. He also claimed they are holding the girls “as slaves”.