An acclaimed leader of Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, has resurfaced in a new video on Thursday, dismissed claims by President Muhammadu Buhari, that the group has been flushed out of its hideout, Sambisa Forest.


In the new video, Shekau insisted he and his members are safe, stressing that their location cannot be revealed.

"We are safe. We have not been flushed out of anywhere. And tactics and strategies cannot reveal our location except if Allah wills by his decree," Shekau he reportedly said in the video.