Nigeria Military Claims They Have Killed The Leader Of Boko Haram - Abubakar Shekau

Days after releasing a video daring the United State of America (USA) President – Barack Obama, France President - François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande and Israel Prime Minister - Benjamin Netanyahu to fight him if they have what it takes to do so, the Leader of the dreaded Islamic Sect – Boko Haram which had its operational base in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria, has been reported killed by the Joint Task Force (JTF) deployed to restore peace and order in Borno State and two (2) other States of Adamawa and Yobe of Nigeria. 

In order to curb the activities of these insurgents, Nigeria President – Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan three (3) months ago declared State of Emergency in those three States of Northern Nigeria and charge the Military to flush out members of this Sect from Nigeria.

The Joint Task Force (JTF) yesterday released a statement claiming that the Sect Leader – Abubakar Shekau is dead. The statement claim that Shekau may have been killed after JTF engaged the Sect in a gun battle in June, 2013 where he sustained serious gunshot wounds and escaped to neighboring Cameroon where he later died. They also added that intelligence reports reaching the Joint Task Force enabled them to reach the conclusion.

  

So far no video or picture evidence has been released by the Joint Task Force (JTF) to further back up their claim.

All are waiting if there will be a response from the Boko Haram camp to either confirm or counter the JTF claim.