Monday, August 6, 2012

Nigeria: President Jonathan rejects 'blackmail' from Boko Haram radicals

Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday dismissed as "blackmail" a call on him by the suspected leader of Islamist group Boko Haram to resign and convert to Islam.

Abubakar Shekau made the call in a video released online earlier this weekend, in which he also denounced US President Barack Obama.

But on Sunday, Jonathan's spokesman Reuben Abati dismissed the call.

"When the people of Nigeria voted overwhelmingly for President Jonathan in the 2011 general election, they knew

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