Nigeria's Boko Haram insurgents have pledged their
allegiance to the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria, according to
an audio message published Saturday on Boko Haram's Twitter
account.
In the recording, a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader
Abu Bakr Shekau offers the group's support and says the militants will "hear and
obey in times of difficulty and prosperity."
The statement could not be immediately
verified by The WorldPost. The SITE
intelligence group, which monitors extremist websites, said Saturday that the
recording was posted to the Nigerian group's social media
accounts. Huffington
Post.
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