The Nigerian Army on Wednesday issued an official confirmation to reports that Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram has been killed by security forces.
After some days of speculation and arguments over who actu­ally killed the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, the military High Command has at last explained how the terror kingpin died.

A statement issued yesterday by the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in Abuja laid to rest the doubt on whether Shekau was actually killed by Nigerian troops or not. This is even as 133 terrorists yesterday evening surrendered along with equipment to troops around Biu Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Eighty-eight insurgents laid down their weapons at Mairiga/Bun – Yadi while another 45 were taken in around Mubi – Michika. They are all being interrogated in conformity with the dictates of standard best practices, the statement noted.

The military explained that the person they killed whose real name is Moham­med Bashir, had adopted the propaganda of Shekau after the first Shekau had been shot dead. There is propaganda in the prosecu­tion of Boko Haram assault on Nigeria and therefore, they would never admit that their leader or arrowhead had been killed. Whenever one leader is down, they raise another bearing the same identity to create the impression that they are not losing the fight.”
The statement said, “the Nigerian troops have been conducting coordinated air and land operations in furtherance of efforts at containing the terrorists in the North-East part of the country. Somehow, it became apparent that the terrorists in continuation of their campaign of terror were deter­mined to take over communities around Maiduguri which is their prime target...Read more

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