Wednesday 24 September 2014

Is Boko Haram Leader, Abubakar Shekau, Really Dead?

Early this week, Cameroonian army told Nigeria that they have successfully killed Abubakar Shekau, who the leader/spokesman of the terrorist group Boko Haram.

The army claimed they killed Shekau during a battle between Cameroon’s troops and the insurgents in the border region of Gambaru, and went ahead to post a photograph purported to show Shekau’s corpse on social media.

However, after investigating Cameroon's claim, Nigerian security authorities says there are no official reports confirming whether Shekau is really dead.
Sources from the Nigerian military have stated that the person killed by the Cameroonian army was not the Boko Haram kingpin, Shekau.

According to Sahara  Reporters, the person killed was Bashir Mohammed, the leader of Boko Haram’s Uye camp.

Military authorities also allege that it was Nigerian soldiers, and not the Cameroonian military that killed Mohammed.

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