AN audio message has emerged,purportedly from Islamist militant group, Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau, in which he denies he has been replaced.
According to the BBC’s Africa editor, Mary Harper, Shekau, in the message addressed to the leader of the Islamic State militant group to whom Boko Haram has pledged allegianc , said he was still in command.
He had not featured in the group’s recent videos, prompting speculation he had been killed or incapacitated.
Meanwhile, barely three days after President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Service Chiefs to end Boko Haram insurgency in the country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday bombarded and destroyed over three dozen bunkers of the militants in Sambisa Forest.
According to the BBC’s Africa editor, Mary Harper, Shekau, in the message addressed to the leader of the Islamic State militant group to whom Boko Haram has pledged allegianc , said he was still in command.
He had not featured in the group’s recent videos, prompting speculation he had been killed or incapacitated.
Meanwhile, barely three days after President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Service Chiefs to end Boko Haram insurgency in the country, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday bombarded and destroyed over three dozen bunkers of the militants in Sambisa Forest.
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