Lagos - A military source has said that the top
Boko Haram figure killed in a recent operation
was one Bashir Mohammed, leader of the
Islamist sect’s Uye camp and not Abubakar
Shekau as reported in the media,
Saharareporters reports.
The Nigerian intelligence source revealed that
Nigerian soldiers, not Cameroonian troops, had
killed Bashir last Friday in a fierce battle against
Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga, Borno State.
Also read: Military claim to kill Boko Haram
leader
The intelligence source said Bashir had adopted
Shekau’s nom deguere and had been the person
responsible for issuing video messages in recent
times including the kidnap of over 200 school
girls in Chibok, Borno State.
According to senior military and intelligence
sources, the sect commander who has been
mimicking Shekau in those videos was the one
killed in Konduga on September 17, 2014 due to
the striking resemblance in facial marks, beards
and teeth.
Read more at Saharareporters
Boko Haram figure killed in a recent operation
was one Bashir Mohammed, leader of the
Islamist sect’s Uye camp and not Abubakar
Shekau as reported in the media,
Saharareporters reports.
The Nigerian intelligence source revealed that
Nigerian soldiers, not Cameroonian troops, had
killed Bashir last Friday in a fierce battle against
Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga, Borno State.
Also read: Military claim to kill Boko Haram
leader
The intelligence source said Bashir had adopted
Shekau’s nom deguere and had been the person
responsible for issuing video messages in recent
times including the kidnap of over 200 school
girls in Chibok, Borno State.
According to senior military and intelligence
sources, the sect commander who has been
mimicking Shekau in those videos was the one
killed in Konduga on September 17, 2014 due to
the striking resemblance in facial marks, beards
and teeth.
Read more at Saharareporters