Boko Haram leader rejects replacement sent by IS
The leader of the terrorist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has rejected the appointment of his erstwhile ally Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new leader of the group by the Islamic State. Shekau said that the appointment was a coup and called al-Barnawi “an infidel”. Boko Haram had earlier declared that it was the west African affiliate of the IS.