According to a top Nigerian
Military Intelligence source, the
top Boko Haram figure, who’s also
the leader of the Islamist sect’s
Uye camp, that was brutally
killed in a recent face-off was one Bashir Mohammed. Although
Cameroonian authorities
yesterday released a photo of a
dead man they identified as
Abubakar Shekau, who was the
brutal leader of the terrorist group that has wrecked various
havoc in the country, especially
northeast zone as well as
Cameroon; Sahara Reporters has
reported that it was Nigerian
Soldiers that killed the leader of the group on Friday and not
Cameroonian troops.The Military Intelligent source
also made it known that Mr.
Bashir last Friday in a fierce battle against Boko Haram
insurgents in Konduga, Borno
State was killed. The late Mr. Bashir, has a great semblance
with Abubakar Shekau who was
the original leader of the group
but Mr. Bashir picked up the war
name of Shekau when he died last
year. This Mr Bashir had tricked many
into believing he’s the same
person as Abubakar when he
appeared in a recent video. He
was killed as he led insurgents
who were attempting to capture Konduga and then made a bid to
seize Maiduguri, the Borno State
capital, as well. Mr. Bashir has been the person
responsible for issuing recent
video messages of the group since
Shekau was assassinated by his
lieutenants. ”Even though the military was
cautious not to claim credit for
Mr. “Shekau’s” death, the
Nigerian military was buoyed by
the capture of the armored tank
usually displayed in the background of recent videos
issued by the sect’s
spokesman,”the Nigerian Military
Intelligence source revealed.