Reports made available to Saturday Tribune by security agencies show that the Spiritual Leader of the Boko Haram sect, ABUBAKAR SHEKAU is in Gao, northern Mali. According to the same reports, he was wounded early 2013 during a gun battle with the soldiers of the Joint Task Force but he managed to escape to Mali where he has been receiving treatment from the Tuareg rebels.

Military intelligence sources say that Shekau escaped to Mali via porous routes in the border, after he was shot at a checkpoint disguising as a Fulani nomad back from a trip with two other members in vehicle who also escaped with gunshot wounds. Six Avtomat Kalashnikov-1947 rifles were recovered from the vehicle.

Many of the weapons recovered, especially the explosives were said to have made their way into the country from Libya during the rebellion against Muammar Gaddafi.
It was also claimed that from their base in Mali, Boko Haram has been able to attack Nigeria and has justified the deployment of 1,200 troops, C-130 transport aircraft, two Alpha fighter jets of the Nigerian Air Force which are already stationed in Niamey, Niger Republic from which their offensive against the Malian Tuaregs will be launched.

Part of the mission of the Nigerian troops is also to capture Shekau and bring him to account in Nigeria. Shekau was the second-in-command to Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the sect killed by Nigerian government forces.

By the way, Gao is a city located on the River Niger and is fully under the control of the Ansar Dine and National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) rebels who captured it from the Malian Army. With a population of about 90,000, Gao is to the southeast of Timbuktu and contains the tomb of Mohammed Askia the Great.

NB: Picture shows him with a chewing stick. The stick itself is a kind of twig called the miswak, chewing the stick is a tradition practised by many Muslims around the globe. Reputed for having good medicinal effects on oral health, chewing the miswak (or what we Yorubas call pako) was recommended by the World Health Organization in 1986. That's just by the way for the supercurious...lol

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They should launch a serious Search and Destroy Mission sharp sharp on him and his guys ASAP.


Nigerian Commandos, perfect job for you here.


Bring back to Nigeria his head together with that his stu..pid chewing stick.

funny. Evil doer can also run for his safety. Is like dis boko haram story line is coming to an end.

So this evil malam fear death?...ordinary gun battle he scurried off like a rabit he is...see his mouth like pig toto chewing miswak thinking evil..your days are numbered evil one...

Iyaniwura123...

Guess what? Am liking you seriously in this community . Keep the news flowing in that lucid and clean way.

@ topic.

He only went there for the peace keeping mission..

Frankly speaking I believe this is a lie told to justify to justify the deployment of Nigerian troops to Mali. Even if there was such a shoot out there is nothing to give them certainty as to who were involved and where they were moved to.

ganye1: Frankly speaking I believe this is a lie told to justify to justify the deployment of Nigerian troops to Mali. Even if there was such a shoot out there is nothing to give them certainty as to who were involved and where they were moved to.

I know u will say that its a lie. Then tell us the truth of the matter seems u know better. BH sympathiser

But I think JTF told us he was killed in a shot out with members of their team. Now, I want to believe someone is feeding us fat on lies. Na Nigeria we dey sha!

Chanchit: He only went there for the peace keeping mission..

Very funny