Word on the street now is the alleged
Boko Haram impostor and Commander has been reportedly ‘killed’ in a fierce gun
battle in Borno State. Although there are conflicting reports on who killed
him, (because Cameroon’s Military claims they killed him but that report has
been refuted by the Nigerian Defence Headquaters).
Sources said many people believe
he is indeed the one in the photo and some members of the Islamic sect have
reportedly surrendered to the Nigerian army after getting the news that their
leader has been gunned down.
Now, if the latest investigative
report by reputable media platform Vanguard is anything to go by, it then means
that the Military has recorded a milestone in the fight against insurgency in
the country.
Find the report after the cut…
Vanguard gathered that when the
first attack on Konduga whereby hundreds of insurgents were taken unawares and
killed after over seven hours of fighting and several of their colleagues, arms
and ammunition captured, the military commanders strategically urged his captured
members to send a message to Shekau that they (insurgents) have routed the
troops.
Before the captured insurgents
were urged to make the contact and deliver the message, the military commanders
had promised them that their cooperation would play a role in the level of
punishment to be meted to them after the battle hence they felt reassured.
Also, the captured insurgents had
disclosed that Shekau usually moved in a convoy of cars painted in military
colours while he sits in a MOWAG Armoured tank with Boko Haram inscription on
its front.
When Shekau was contacted, his
captured men spoke to him in Arabic, assuring him that they had taken over
Konduga, thereby giving him the all clear to proceed from Sambisa Forest. To
convince him further, a set of his men captured were told to sing the victory
song in Kanuri language they normally sing at the background.
Having convinced himself that the
messenger was his chief courier in such situation and the message is authentic,
he and his followers made for Konduga, heavily armed with Anti-Aircraft
weapons, General Purpose Machine Guns, several AK 47 rifles and other IEDS’.
However, on entering Konduga
town, he and his followers were encircled by strategically placed and heavily
armed Nigerian soldiers. Immediately he contacted the messenger and discovered
that something was amiss, he ordered his followers to start shooting in all
direction.
This spurred the Army Commanders
to give the directive to open fire. When he discovered that the fire power of
the Nigerian Army who used both Infantry and Artillery weaponry was
overpowering that of his men, he jumped out of the MOWAG and made to escape.
But eagle-eyed Nigerian Soldiers
spotted him and opened fire in him, shattering his legs in the process. It was
learnt that he also received bullet wounds in other parts of his body leading
to his bleeding to death.
Recall that Military sources had
on Sunday night disclosed that Nigerian troops scored a strategic victory in
the current battle against terrorists operating in the North East on September
17.
The sources noted that during a
desperate attempt to capture Konduga in their delusion to eventually marching
on and capturing Maiduguri, the man who had been mimicking Late Abubakar Shekau
in recent videos was feared to have been finally killed.
The sources said,
“It is getting more certain that the
terrorists’ Commander who has been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one
killed in Konduga on September 17, 2014.”
Affirming the development,
PRNigeria 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 security sources noted
further that
“the process of confirming that
the dead body we have is the same as that character who has been posing as
Shekau is ongoing” adding “He is definitely a prominent terrorist commander. I
don’t want to say anything about this yet please.”
Another high ranking military
source insisted that the resemblance is too striking to be a coincidence.
“They cited his facial marks,
beards and teeth apart from the recovery by the Nigerian troops of some of the
Armoured Vehicles and Hilux jeeps that had featured in previous videos of the
prime suspect.
“The officers assured that
the Defence Headquarters will soon address the nation after full investigation
of their latest discovery”.Source: Vanguard
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