The Nigerian military says its “most unprecedented and
spectacular air raid” has “fatally wounded” Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram
leader, in his shoulders.
Sani Kukasheka Usman, a colonel
and acting director of army public relations, made the claim in a
statement he released very early on Tuesday morning.
He said the
operation held on August 19, 2016 as the terrorists were performing
Friday rituals at Taye village, Gombale general area, within Sambisa
forest, Borno state.
“In what one could describe as the most
unprecedented and spectacular air raid, we have just confirmed that as a
result of the interdiction efforts of the Nigerian Air Force, some key
leaders of the Boko Haram terrorists have been killed while others were
fatally wounded,” Usman said.
“The air interdiction took place
last week Friday 19th August 2016, while the terrorists were performing
Friday rituals at Taye village, Gombale general area within Sambisa
forest, Borno State.
“Those Boko Haram terrorists commanders
confirmed dead include Abubakar Mubi, Malam Nuhu and Malam Hamman,
amongst others, while their leader, the so-called ‘Abubakar Shekau’, is
believed to be fatally wounded on his shoulders. Several other
terrorists were also wounded.”
This is not the first time the army is claiming to have killed Abubakar Shekau.
The
army first said in 2013 that it had killed the leader of the
sect. Then, in September 2014, it again said “Sehkau” had been killed —
though it later clarified that the man killed in 2014 was a Shekau impostor who went by the names Isa Damsaka, Bashir Konduga and Bashir Mohammed.
However, the following month, Shekau released a video dismissing reports of his death,
saying: “Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my
breath. I am running our… Islamic caliphate and administering sharia
punishments…
“Nothing will kill me until my days are over… I’m
still alive. Some people asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have
one soul, by Allah.”
Between March 2015 and 2016, Shekau was
noticeably absent in videos released by Boko Haram, only to release a
video in March 2016, go quiet again and release another in August, where
he threatened the mother of all attacks against Abuja, the federal capital territory
Source:thecable
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