“Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath,” Shekau said, adding that his group was “running our… Islamic caliphate” and administering strict sharia punishments
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During the period, many of their top commanders, including the one pretending to be Abubakar Shekau, were eliminated
But who actually killed Shekau and where was he killed and how authentic are the claims?
Defence 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 United States is deeply worried about the apparent worsening security situation in north- eastern Nigeria and has thus called for collective efforts to tackle the insurgents, Boko Haram.
In a post on the Twitter handle of the Defence Headquarters, the military said it was firmly in control of Gwoza, a town in Borno State that Shekau claimed had come under its control
The explosion in Lagos, which the state government tried explaining off as a gas explosion, killed no fewer than five persons at the Folawiyo Energy fuel depot, Apapa, where it occurred
Two years later, Shekau’s scepticism appears well founded: his Islamic militant group is now the biggest security threat to Africa’s top oil producer, is richer than ever, more violent and its abductions of women and children continue with impunity
Russia has delayed the process by placing a technical hold on the designations, but diplomats say it is simply to give Moscow more time to complete its review of the proposal made by Nigeria to the Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee
Turaki – who is special duties minister and chairman of a committee set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to find ways of reaching agreement with Boko Haram – said that Shekau should send people he trusted to meet the standing committee on reconciliation
Abubakar Shekau for the first time also claimed responsibility for the April 15 mass abduction, in a video reviewed by The Associated Press
The closure of government offices and schools is seen as a security measure as it would restrict movement within the territory
The Islamist militant group — who name means “Western education is sin” in the local Hausa language — has bombed schools, churches and mosques; kidnapped women and children; and assassinated politicians and religious leaders alike
“Had Allah allowed us to eat them we would have eaten them but we are not cannibals,” he added, according to news agency reports. “This is a victory from Allah
The United States of America had in November classified Boko Haram as a terrorist organiaation that have links with international terrorist group, Al-Qaeda
Nigerians equally woke up within the same period to be greeted with wild claims by the Boko Haram group that its former leader, Abubakar Shekau, who was believed to have been felled by the bullets of operatives of the Joint Task Force sometimes in July, is still alive! Discerning Nigerians, especially those who have come to understand the game plan of the Boko Haram sect and its apologists and local collaborators have since discovered that the video clip released by the group was to divert attention from celebrating the capture of kidnap kingpin, Oniarah, by the DSS. Nigerians are too advanced and knowledgeable a people to fall for dummies as presently bandied around by the terror group
The Nigerian security forces are struggling to contain the Boko Haram and Ansaru insurgencies now in their fourth year, while inter-ethnic and religious violence simmers in the Middle Belt. Expect an uptick in the Nigeria Security Tracker until Nigerian elections in 2015, as Nigeria remains on the brink
Mallam Momodu Bukar, a suspected militant, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that he fled the camp at the forest on Thursday when it became obvious that he was going to be eaten
The statement, however, said he did not recover from the wound sustained on June 30.
The statement said: “Shekau was mortally wounded in the encounter and was sneaked into Amitchide – a border community in Cameroun for treatment which he never recovered
It will be recalled that Momodu Bama is one of the most wanted persons in the Boko Haram high command, with a bounty of N25 million placed on him