The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of Abubakar Shekau, a factional leader of the notorious terror group Boko Haram, on Thursday.
The Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor stood his ground that the
ousted leader of the Islamic death cult is no
longer alive.
The army general, who is in charge of troops
fighting insurgency in the Northeast, averred that
the original individual identified as Shekau had
been killed.
General Irabor who made this clarification during
a tour of formations under his command in
Adamawa State said:
“I can confirm to you that the original Shekau
was killed, the second Shekau was killed, and the
man presenting himself as Shekau, I can also
confirm to you that few days ago, he was
wounded. We are yet to confirm whether he is
dead or not”.
The Commander further said that the Army does
not make statements that are not based on
facts, adding that it troops will continue the
operations against insurgency until the last
terrorist is taken out
He also mentioned that there had been division
amongst the Boko Haram hegemony as a result
of the constant pressure put on them by the
Army.
According to him, “They released videos to prove
that they are still active, but that’s just a
façade.”
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