Reportedly killed: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. [Courtesy]The Nigerian Army is investigating reports that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has died or is seriously wounded, reports the BBC. In 2015, Shekau told off Idriss Déby after the late Chad President declared that the Boko Haram leader had been replaced after the army succeeded in ‘decapitating’ the Islamist insurgency in Lake Chad Basin. Take a surveyIn a video, Shekau said he was still alive and in charge of the group. In 2014, the Cameroonian military reported that Shekau was killed during a Boko Haram attempt to capture Kodunga, a small village north of Maiduguri, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria.

Source: Standard Digital May 21, 2021 06:45 UTC