The Cameroonian army (Armee Camerounaise) made public photos of the killed leader, claiming that they were involved in a cross-border raid deep inside Nigeria.
According to Cameroon Concord, said on Sunday night that Shekau was killed following an aerial bombardment of his hideout deep inside Nigeria from a Cameroonian military source.
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DHQ tweeted yesterday that, “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 on-going in the environs of Konduga and all associated border locations within the country are completely being undertaken by Nigerian troops.”
This may be a mistakenly identity for Shekau, since Isa Damsaka or Bashir Mohammed who are also top leaders have also been parading themselves as Him.
The exchange of the abducted Chibok school girls with Boko Haram prisoners has received some setbacks now. Meanwhile, the Nigerian military claimed that they might have killed Shekau on September 17 during a desperate attempt by Him and his sects to capture Konduga as part of their plot to eventually go for Maiduguri.
The military revealed, “It is getting more certain that the terrorist commander who has been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one killed in Konduga on September 17, 2014”. And also cautioned that “the process of confirming the dead body we have is the same as that character who has been posing as Shekau is ongoing. He is definitely a prominent terrorist commander. I don’t want to say anything about this yet, please.”
In other statement, a top government official said: “Boko Haram commanders suddenly demanded an equal man-to-man exchange instead of the agreed total girls for 16 Boko Haram prisoners. Also, of the 16 prisoners, not all of them could be traced by the government side. The exchange of the Chibok girls with the Boko Haram prisoners was to take place at an agreed location in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. But the true position of things as of today is that the talks have broken down”. Answering a question, He said that Nigeria opted to bring in the International Committee of the Red Cross as a facilitator because of its neutrality and competence in facilitating such exchange of prisoners in many parts of the world.
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