Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau was missing yet again in a newly released video by the terrorist sect.
In the new video, the insurgents pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
A man who spoke on behalf of the insurgents, however said that Boko Haram was still under the leadership of Shekau, who was last seen in February.
He countered the fact that several insurgents had surrendered to the Nigerian army.
The insurgent also said it was untrue that the army had released some women and children abducted by the sect.
According to the stand-in Boko Haram spokesperson, Nigerian troops, having failed on the battlefield, are now waging the war through the media.
