According to Channels TV, Brigadier General Sani Usman who is the spokesperson of the army has claimed that since 2014, the Nigerian Army never ever declared Shekau dead.

Sani said the army has never declared Shekau dead before and reiterated that he will be captured soon.

He said: “From July 2014 to date nobody especially on the part of the Nigeria Army has ever said Shekau was dead

“And If you are following things carefully, there is an individual that is coming up on the social media to claim responsibility and leadership of Boko Haram, that is the person we are talking about.

If you are in possession of our wanted terrorists’ poster, you would have known that is the person we are talking about and we are so determined to meet up with that deadline to either kill him or capture him”