In a statement certain to elicit a huge sigh of relief nationwide, the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State, Operation Restore Order, said yesterday that the leader of the outlawed Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, might have died as a result of injuries sustained during a recent military onslaught on his group. Shekau had been declared wanted by the Nigerian military, police and the United States government, which had variously offered rewards for his capture. He was recognised as the spiritual and militant leader of the terrorist organisation that has waged war against the Nigerian state for four years and is responsible for the deaths of thousands. In a press statement yesterday, the spokesman of the JTF, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, said: “Intelligence reports available to the Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order, revealed that Abubakar Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko Haram terrorists leader may have died.” He added: “He died of gunshot wounds received in an encounter with the JTF troops in one of their camps at Sambisa Forest on 30 June 2013. “Shekau was mortally wounded in the encounter and was sneaked into Amitchide, a border community in Cameroun, for treatment from which he never recovered from.”
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:16:05 +0000
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