Shekau The Boko Haram Leader Killed At Last?
There is tension in the security circles over the
reported killing of the leader of the Boko Haram
Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, by operatives of the
Joint Task Force in Borno State.
The spokesman of the JTF, Col. Sagir Musa, said in
a statement on Monday that the Boko Haram
leader died of gunshot wounds he sustained
during the invasion of the Sambisa Forest.
Curiously, the Director of Defence Information,
Brig. Gen Chris Olukolade, referred our
correspondent to the headquarters of the JTF in
Borno State, when he was contacted for further
confirmation.
Ordinarily, the killing of the most wanted terror
leader, who has a $7m bounty on his head, would
have been celebrated by all security agencies but
the situation appears to be different in the absence
of evidence of his death.
But Col. Musa insisted that intelligence reports at
the disposal of the JTF showed that: “Abubakar
Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko
Haram terrorist, may have died.”
The JTF spokesman said the Boko Haram leader
was seriously wounded in the attack at Sambisa on
June 30, 2013, by the special forces and was taken
to a border community in the nation’s border with
Cameroun, identified as Amitchide, for treatment.
He said Shekau did not recover from the gunshot
wounds he sustained at the Sambisa Forest.
The statement said, “Shekau was mortally
wounded in the encounter and was sneaked into
Amitchide – a border community in Cameroun for
treatment, from which he never recovered. It is
greatly believed that Shekau might have died
between July 25 and August 3, 2013."
Col. Musa added that a video released purportedly
by the Boko Haram leader on August 13, 2013, was
a deceit by a member of the sect to convince
members to continue with the insurgency. He
urged members of the sect to lay down their arms
and accept the Federal Government’s offer of
dialogue.
Musa added that the video was “dramatised by an
imposter to hoodwink the sect members to
continue with terrorism and to deceive
undiscerning minds”.
Is Shekau truly dead? Can we believe the JTF this
time?
reported killing of the leader of the Boko Haram
Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, by operatives of the
Joint Task Force in Borno State.
The spokesman of the JTF, Col. Sagir Musa, said in
a statement on Monday that the Boko Haram
leader died of gunshot wounds he sustained
during the invasion of the Sambisa Forest.
Curiously, the Director of Defence Information,
Brig. Gen Chris Olukolade, referred our
correspondent to the headquarters of the JTF in
Borno State, when he was contacted for further
confirmation.
Ordinarily, the killing of the most wanted terror
leader, who has a $7m bounty on his head, would
have been celebrated by all security agencies but
the situation appears to be different in the absence
of evidence of his death.
But Col. Musa insisted that intelligence reports at
the disposal of the JTF showed that: “Abubakar
Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko
Haram terrorist, may have died.”
The JTF spokesman said the Boko Haram leader
was seriously wounded in the attack at Sambisa on
June 30, 2013, by the special forces and was taken
to a border community in the nation’s border with
Cameroun, identified as Amitchide, for treatment.
He said Shekau did not recover from the gunshot
wounds he sustained at the Sambisa Forest.
The statement said, “Shekau was mortally
wounded in the encounter and was sneaked into
Amitchide – a border community in Cameroun for
treatment, from which he never recovered. It is
greatly believed that Shekau might have died
between July 25 and August 3, 2013."
Col. Musa added that a video released purportedly
by the Boko Haram leader on August 13, 2013, was
a deceit by a member of the sect to convince
members to continue with the insurgency. He
urged members of the sect to lay down their arms
and accept the Federal Government’s offer of
dialogue.
Musa added that the video was “dramatised by an
imposter to hoodwink the sect members to
continue with terrorism and to deceive
undiscerning minds”.
Is Shekau truly dead? Can we believe the JTF this
time?
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