Reliable sources among the Nigerian
troops insist that the man pictured above popularly known as Abubakar
Shekau has indeed been killed.
While the Defence Head Quarters is yet to release an official statement about the killing of Boko Haram 'spokes person' and commander identified Abubakar Shekau, there are more and more reports giving credence to the fact that indeed, the insurgent's front man may have met his waterloo in the hands of Nigerian forces.
In a fresh report by Vanguard, details of how Boko Haram's kingpin-notorious for appearing and boasting in videos-was captured and killed has now been revealed. Read below:
Details of how Abubakar Shekau, the impostor and leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group lost his left in a shootout with Nigerian troops in Konduga on Wednesday Sept. 17 emerged yesterday with military sources disclosing that he met his waterloo in an ambush reminiscent of the type the sect had been using to h*ck down Nigerian troops.Plenty after the cut.
It is gathered that when the first attack on Konduga whereby hundreds of insurgents were taken unawares and killed after over seven hours of fighting and several of their colleagues, arms and ammunition captured, the military commanders strategically urged his captured members to send a message to Shekau that they (insurgents) have routed the troops.
Before the captured insurgents were urged to make the contact and deliver the message, the military commanders had promised them that their cooperation would play a role in the level of punishment to be meted to them after the battle hence they felt reassured.
Also, the captured insurgents had disclosed that Shekau usually moved in a convoy of cars painted in military colours while he sits in a MOWAG Armoured tank with Boko Haram inscription on its front.
When Shekau was contacted, his captured men spoke to him in Arabic, assuring him that they had taken over Konduga, thereby giving him the all clear to proceed from Sambisa Forest. To convince him further, a set of his men captured were told to sing the victory song in Kanuri language they normally sing at the background.
Having convinced himself that the messenger was his chief courier in
such situation and the message is authentic, he and his followers made
for Konduga, heavily armed with Anti-Aircraft weapons, General Purpose
Machine Guns, several AK 47 rifles and other IEDS’.
Photo purported to be body of late Shekau
However, on entering Konduga town, he and his followers were encircled
by strategically placed and heavily armed Nigerian soldiers. Immediately
he contacted the messenger and discovered that something was amiss, he
ordered his followers to start shooting in all direction.
This spurred the Army Commanders to give the directive to open fire.
When he discovered that the fire power of the Nigerian Army who used
both Infantry and Artillery weaponry was overpowering that of his men,
he jumped out of the MOWAG and made to escape.
But eagle-eyed Nigerian Soldiers spotted him and opened fire in him, shattering his legs in the process. It was learnt that he also received bullet wounds in other parts of his body leading to his bleeding to death.
Recall that Military sources had on Sunday night disclosed that Nigerian
troops scored a strategic victory in the current battle against
terrorists operating in the North East on September 17.
The sources noted that during a desperate attempt to capture Konduga in
their delusion to eventually marching on and capturing Maiduguri, the man who had been mimicking Late Abubakar Shekau in recent videos was feared to have been finally killed.
The sources said,
“It is getting more certain that the terrorists’ Commander who has
been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one killed in Konduga on
September 17, 2014.”
Affirming the development, PRNigeria sources
said the suspected demise of the Boko Haram leader is responsible for
the scattering of the sect members in different independent locations in
the neighbouring countries, especially in Cameroon noticed in recent
days.
The security sources noted further that “the process of confirming that the dead body we have is the same as that character who has been posing as Shekau is ongoing” adding “He is definitely a prominent terrorist commander. I don’t want to say anything about this yet please.”
Another high ranking military source insisted that the resemblance is too striking to be a coincidence.
“They cited his facial marks, beards and teeth apart from the recovery by the Nigerian troops of some of the Armoured Vehicles and Hilux jeeps that had featured in previous videos of the prime suspect.
“The officers assured that the Defence Headquarters will soon address the nation after full investigation of their latest discovery”.
Meanwhile, the Defence headquarters yesterday dismissed insinuation that
Cameroonian military personnel carried out raids on Boko Haram
terrorists into border communities in Nigeria.
According to a report posted on its twitter handle, DHQ said
“There was no raid whatsoever in any part of Nigeria’s territory in pursuit of terrorists as claimed in some reports allegedly quoting Cameroon military authorities”.
“All operations ongoing in the environs of Konduga & all associated border location within the country are completely being undertaken by Nigerian troops”
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