B’ Haram: ATACK Lambasts
Nigerian Military Over Shekau's
Death
ARTICLE | SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 - 11:56AM | BY MU'SODIQ
ADEKUNLE
The Action Team Against Conscription and Kidnap, ATACK,
has berated the Nigerian Military over its claim that the
Leader of the Boko Haram Sect, Abubakar Shekau has
been killed.
The news broke last week that Shekau was killed in a
confrontation as militants moved to attack Maiduguri.
The Nigerian military, through its Spokesperson, Chris
Olukolade however issued an official confirmation to
reports that Shekau, whose death the military has claimed
repeatedly only to turn out untrue, was killed in a fierce
clash with the military last week in Konduga, near
Maiduguri, Borno State.
While the Nigerian military, laid claims to the killing of
Shekau, its Cameroonian counterpart also claimed credit
for it, saying Shekau was killed at Gamboru near the
border, a claim the Nigerian military has rejected.
Reacting to the news, the Convener of ATACK, Mr. Debo
Adeniran noted that the killing of Abubakar Shekau should
not be celebrated because it has not signalled the end of
Boko Haram in the country.
He said, “The killing of Abubakar Shekau does not mean
insurgency will come to an end in the Nigeria. Except the
question that threw up Shekau is addressed, Shekau as a
metaphor, will continue to spring forth. Except the
government address the lopsided distribution of
opportunities and wealth, a Shekau dead today may even
bring up hundreds of Shekaus tomorrow. Shekau is just
one in the entire Boko Haram insurgence. Even if the
Military wipe out the entire B’Haram insurgence and the
political injustice, the economic injustice is not addressed,
B’Haram will continue to fester.
"Even if Shekau is killed now, has the damage not been
done? Why did it have to take them so long to kill the
leader of the group that has been warring against the
federal might? As long as the state is no longer
maintaining the monopoly of violence in a country, it has
lost moral authority to continue to govern.
It is preposterous for the Nigerian Military to claim that
they have killed Shekau long ago without announcing it.
That is a major breakthrough that we are sure the
Nigerian Army would want to celebrate. Why did they
have to wait till Cameroonian soldiers claimed they have
killed Shekau before they claimed the credit?
"All the military chiefs, starting from the Commander-in
Chief of the Armed Forces to the lowest ranking officers
ought to cover their faces in shame and resign rather than
celebrating the death of just a man that had been holding
the country to a ransome. What if it had been a powerful
country that waged external aggression against Nigeria? It
would have crushed us while we were seeking loans and
illegal arms acquisition to prosecute the war. The whole
issue around Shekau only exposed the entrenched
corruption in all facets of Nigeria including the army,
security and intelligence agencies.
"Shekau typifies the situation in Nigeria where a problem
is on the verge of being solved, another overlaps it.
Basically, we have nothing to celebrate in the defeat of
Shekau rather our military hierarchy should cover their
faces in shame that it took them this long to bring down
the leader of the Sect.”
The human rights activist however called for the
rehabilitation of those abducted and conscripted by the
deadly sect.
“All those who have been kidnapped and conscripted by
the Boko Haram elements should be adequately
compensated.
People who lost their properties to the insurgency, those
who lost their loved ones, children who lost their parents
to the insurgency must all be compensated while those
abducted and conscripted by the insurgents are
rehabilitated and reintegrated back into the society,”
Adeniran said.

Unknow soldier

wait

Adeniran my Yoruba brother well done. I hope you are not shekau brother though you make sense to some extent.

The title of this thread is misleading. What is up with you people in this section?
Stop popularizing misinformation.

How does the title support the ingenious point of view below?

[size=18pt]Mr. Debo Adeniran noted that the killing of Abubakar Shekau should
not be celebrated because it has not signalled the end of
Boko Haram in the country.[/size]

He is right. How has the death of Osama exterminated Muslim extremist in the middle east? Killing a figure head smply leaves room for another one to step up.

Yes what you said is true but can't convince me not to Celebrate Shecow's dead or the end of Bokoharam

It doesn't matter maybe its the Nigerian or Cameroon soldiers that killed him. We should just thank God that the end has come to Bokoharam.

Ewoooo

2cato: Adeniran my Yoruba brother well done. I hope you are not shekau brother though you make sense to some extent.

I agree wiv u. Only to some extent does he make sense

The most important thing is, that bastar.d is dead!

Them for just murder the guy without pictures, now every id'iot will come and say human rights violation rubbish! The guy violated many innocents rights so he automatically has none left! Live by sword, die by sword, shikena!

any time Boko Haram is on the back foot these so called Human Rights organisations appear from no where

what about the human rights of innocent people of Borno displaced? the pregnant women who had their foetus slit? the innocent people who got beheaded by Boko Haram? why were these so called Human right organisations not equally campaigning against Boko Haram when they were terrorising the rest of us.

The majority of peace loving Nigerians must begin to question whether these people who pose as Human right activists against the Nigerian Army are simply the propaganda wing of Boko Haram!

repogirl: Them for just murder the guy without pictures, now every id'iot will come and say human rights violation rubbish! The guy violated many innocents rights so he automatically has none left! Live by sword, die by sword, shikena!

Honestly all this human rights whatever can be so annoying sometimes,the problem na say if dem no show pictures some loud mouths go say dem dey lie

Hope the TAN and those promoting Jonathan will read this and reason. Jonathan has succeeded to emerge as the grand master of corruption in Nigeria, he went to Benin to claim that he reduced poverty by 50% but failed to tell them that he also increased corruption by 200%.

focus7: Hope the TAN and those promoting Jonathan will read this and reason. Jonathan has succeeded to emerge as the grand master of corruption in Nigeria, he went to Benin to claim that he reduced poverty by 50% but failed to tell them that he also increased corruption by 200%.

Corruption under GEJ z so enormous

1miccza:

Honestly all this human rights whatever can be so annoying sometimes,the problem na say if dem no show pictures some loud mouths go say dem dey lie

Nigerian military are somehow mumu brained, u want to do something like this,it should be covert but they will allow everyone take pics and videos first....US killed bin laden, we see am? Dem dump in body for water, did any human rights person talk?
this shekau id'iot should have been to tortured better sef, and left to rot from inside out before he succumbs by himself!

repogirl: Nigerian military are somehow mumu brained, u want to do something like this,it should be covert but they will allow everyone take pics and videos first....US killed bin laden, we see am? Dem dump in body for water, did any human rights person talk?
this shekau id'iot should have been to tortured better sef, and left to rot from inside out before he succumbs by himself!

Sincerely it's reports like this that makes us to understand that every section of the media be it foreign or local has been bought by our money bag politicians. Yeye people.....

repogirl: Nigerian military are somehow mumu brained, u want to do something like this,it should be covert but they will allow everyone take pics and videos first....US killed bin laden, we see am? Dem dump in body for water, did any human rights person talk?
this shekau id'iot should have been to tortured better sef, and left to rot from inside out before he succumbs by himself!

Witawt pics, ur fellow citizens n even nairalanders won't believe

and they never lambasted shekau over the death of ten' of thousands of Nigerian that died cause of him,they should relocate their office to medugiri