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  • Capture Shekau `dead or alive’, Buratai directs Commander

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has directed Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to capture Abubakar Shekau, self-styled leader of the Boko Haram sect, “dead or alive”.

    Buratai further directed the Theatre commander to do so within 40 days.

    A statement issued by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, on Friday night, said that Attahiru should “employ all arsenal at the disposal of the Theatre Command to smoke out Shekau wherever he is hiding in Nigeria.”

    “The general public is please requested to also assist and volunteer information that would lead to the accomplishment of this task,” Usman said.

     

  • Shekau lied, none of our officers are under his captivity – Borno State command

    Shekau lied, none of our officers are under his captivity – Borno State command

    The Nigeria Police Force has rubbished claims by the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau that some policewomen were under the sect’s captivity.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Shekau had on Tuesday released a 10 minutes video where he claimed that several female officers were abducted​​ during​ sect’s attack on a joint police/military convoy near Maiduguri​ on June 20.

    Reacting, however, the Borno State Police Command described the footage as false, saying none of those paraded in the video are officers of the force.

    The command in a statement by its PRO, DSP Isuku Victor, insisted that no police woman was in custody of the insurgents.

    He said “for avoidance of doubts, and to put records straight, there are no Police women under Boko Haram terrorist’s captivity as claimed by the sect leader.

    “The Command wishes to reiterate as contained in an earlier Press Briefing by the Commissioner of Police, CP Damian A. Chukwu, on 20/06/2017 that: Police lorry with Reg. No. NPF 2677 D was carted away. Occupants comprise personnel, relations and burial party for late Sgt Rahila Antikirya.

    “Driver of the Police lorry, Sgt Kubura Mwada, was shot and injured on his back. He was able to jump down from the lorry and escaped.

    “Personnel missing are Inspr Fatsuma Sale and Cpl Abubakar Haruna. There is no evidence in the video clip indicating that they are in the captivity of the sect.

    “Other occupants of the lorry are either relations or sympathizers of the deceased, and were all reported missing in the earlier press briefing. They took advantage of the space in the lorry conveying personal effects of the deceased Police woman and joined the burial party.

    “The Command, therefore, wishes to advise media organisations and the general public to disregard the claim(s) in the video, as well as social media reports as they are not a true representation of that unfortunate incident.”

     

  • News Hour 27-06-2017 I TNGtv

  • Again, Shekau releases new video, claims B’Haram kidnapped some policewomen

    A new Boko Haram video has emerged showing the leader of the sect, Abubakar Sheka, who claimed the group recently kidnapped some policewomen.

    This was made known in a new video released by the Boko Haram jihadists.

    In the video released through a journalist, Ahmad Salkida , the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau spoke for about 10 minutes.

    He said several female officers were abducted during Boko Haram attack on a joint police/military convoy near Maiduguri on June 20.

    His speech is then followed by scenes of the fierce attack, which took place on the Maiduguri-Damboa road. In the 17 minutes and 25 seconds video, graphic contents of one of the terror victims are shown, as well as images of another set of victims perhaps about to be

    In the 17 minutes and 25 seconds video, graphic contents of one of the terror victims are shown, as well as images of another set of victims perhaps about to be beheaded .

    Shekau, takes credit for the attack and mocked Nigerian security officials for lying that Boko Haram had been defeated. ‎ “I want to tell you that we are the one that attacked the convoy, here are the vehicles for all to witness, we are the ones that abducted the female police

    “I want to tell you that we are the one that attacked the convoy, here are the vehicles for all to witness, we are the ones that abducted the policewomen.

    In fact, the policewomen are senior officers,” Shekau boasted. “What we did is nothing when compared to our women, children, and friends that have been wiped out or arrested for many years by the Nigerian government. We only abducted them to serve as slaves to us,”‎ he added. He also declares that the women his group abducted are fewer than 10 in number, and referred to them as “slaves”.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBYFHjIOunQ

    Boko Haram terrorists reportedly killed eight Chadian soldiers during a fierce clash at the weekend. The incident occurred on islands on Lake Chad, which borders four countries on the edge of the Sahara.

    Chad’s army confirmed the incident on Monday, June 26. Its spokesman, Colonel Azem, disclosed that eight soldiers were killed and another 18 were wounded. He said: “Our forces attacked Boko Haram elements on five islands near Nigeria on June 24 and 25.”

    According to him, 162 insurgents were also killed by the troops. Chad is part of a five-nation regional force which comprises of Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Benin, collaborating to fight Boko Haram, a sect that has killed thousands of people and rendered millions homeless.

    A month ago, the Nigerian army in its fight against terrorism carried out operations around the fringes of Lake Chad. Thirteen Boko Haram terrorist were killed and 10 others engaged in smuggling of supplies to the terrorists were arrested.

  • Boko Haram leader, Shekau dismisses reports of being injured in air strike [new video]

    Boko Haram leader, Shekau dismisses reports of being injured in air strike [new video]

    Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau has released a video discrediting reports that he was injured in a recent air strike.

    This was revealed by international journalist, Ahmad Salkida who was once detained for releasing a video by the sect.

    According to Salkida, Shekau who shared the video around 1PM on Thursday, just 12 hours after news of his injury.

    He added that Shekau spoke behind a camouflage, while reportedly boasting that the military will never find his whereabouts.

    He wrote, “Shekau boasted that his where about will never be known to authorities and ended the clip with “Shekau yananan. Inanan, inanan, inanan.”

    The Nigerian Air Force had claimed that it injured Shekau during a recent air Strike.

     

     

  • Why Boko Haram leader, Shekau has not been captured – Nigerian Army

     

    The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has explained why Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has not been captured despite the recent onslaught on the Sambisa forest.

    According to a report by Daily Trust, Buratai said Shekau and other top Boko Haram commanders fled the forest as they could not withstand the superior firepower of the Nigerian Army.

    When asked about Shekau’s whereabouts, Buratai said: “Your guess is as good as mine because as we are planning, he too was planning. He could not withstand the advancing troops into that location so he moved and we are still going after him.

    “As for the items that were recovered in Camp Zero which we strongly believe belong to the terrorists, these were evidence to show that our troops have been there. These criminals that have been staying in that place are no more in that location.”

    Buratai also stated that they hoped to apprehend some key leaders of the insurgent group, but they also escaped.

    “It was the expectation when Camp Zero was captured. We even expected to see the Boko Haram terrorists’ key leaders.

    “They were able to slip out of that place and move to another location. The forest is very large but we are still searching for them.

    “The troops are continuously carrying out clearance operations in other suspected locations.

    “But the most important thing is that Camp Zero was the stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorists; it was their main headquarters where we suspected the key leaders were hiding”, he added.

     

  • Shekau not killed, Army presented fake Boko Haram flag to Buhari – PDP Youths

     

    The youth wing of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Youth Frontier, has alleged that the Nigerian Army presented a “fake Boko Haram flag” to President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Recall that the Army recently presented a flag and Quran belonging to Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect to President Buhari at the Presidential villa in Abuja signaling the capture of the forest and death of the dreaded leader of the terrorist group.

    The flag alongside a Qur’an belonging to Shekau was recovered by the Army during the capture of “Camp Zero,” a major stronghold of Boko Haram commanders, located in Sambisa Forest.

    However, the PDP youth, in a statement on its twitter handle, @PDPNYF said the presentation of the insurgent flag to Buhari was a disgrace to the “sovereignty” of Nigeria.

    The tweet reads: “By presenting a FAKE Boko Haram flag as a sign of victory against the Sect. This is so unfortunate and a disgrace to our sovereignty.”

    The group noted that the “Flag and Quoran are not Shekau head. Could Obama bring back Osama Bin Ladin’s Qoran and Flag without killing him?”

     

  • ‘We have not been flushed out of Sambisa’, Shekau boasts in new video

    Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has resurfaced in a new video to debunk Nigeria’s government acclaimed victory over the deadly group and takeover of its Sambisa forest stronghold.

    “We are safe. We have not been flushed out of anywhere. And tactics and strategies cannot reveal our location except if Allah wills by his decree,” Shekau said in the 25-minute video, flanked by armed fighters.

    “You should not be telling lies to the people,” he said, referring to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari who said on Christmas Eve that the extremist group had been defeated and driven away from the forest, its last known bastion.

    “If you indeed crushed us, how can you see me like this? How many times have you killed us in your bogus death?” he asked.

    It was not immediately clear where the new video was shot, but Shekau who spoke in both Hausa and Arabic said it was filmed on Christmas Day.

    Shekau last appeared in a video in September where he disputed a claim by the Nigerian military that he had been wounded in battle.

    He vowed to continue fighting on until an Islamic state was imposed in northern Nigeria.

    “Our aim is to establish an Islamic Caliphate and we have our own Caliphate, we are not part of Nigeria.”

    It will be recalled that Buhari recently announced that a months-long military campaign in the 1,300 square-kilometre (500 square-mile) forest in northeastern Borno state had led to the “final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in their last enclave in Sambisa Forest”.

  • Army recovers Shekau’s personal Qur’an, flag in Sambisa Forest

    …Says no Chibok girl was found

    Major General Lucky Irabor, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, on Wednesday, disclosed that, that Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau left his personal belongings, including a Quran and a flag when the army took over Camp Zero in the Sambisa Forest. Irabor also disclosed that no Chibok girl was found in custody of the arrested Boko Haram insurgents during the operations.

    The Theatre Commander, who was speaking during his weekly briefing in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital said, the picture of fleeing Boko Haram men also showed that, they were using some women as human Shield.

    Irabor said that during the last one week, they recovered arms and ammunitions, saying the war was not over yet.


    According to him, during the operation, the commander lost four soldiers, while it also arrested 1,240 Boko Haram terrorists, adding that, reports from the neighboring Niger Republic also said 30 Boko Haram fighters surrendered. Among them are 24 males and 6 females.

    Speaking further on the capturing of the Camp Zero, General Irabor said, although Boko Haram leader was neither killed nor captured, there are evidence that, he had been there, and left behind his flag and Holy Book while fleeing when camp zero came under attack by the Nigerian military.

    The General also denied that, there was a Frenchman arrested during the operation at the Sambisa Forest. According to him, the picture being circulated in the media is not of the Nigerian military and it was not from them.

    He added that, despite the fact that, some foreigners were said to be among some of the militants arrested, the command is yet to have a comprehensive picture of the involvement of foreigners.

  • Buhari, Dangote, Shekau, others make list of 500 most powerful Muslims

     

    The Muslim500, an annual report of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims has named President Muhammadu and several other Nigerian Muslim faithfuls in its 2017 edition.

    However, only three Nigerians, beginning from the president made the top 50 influential muslim leaders in the world.

    President Buhari who was pegged at number 20 last year, rose up the ladder in 2016 as he became the 17th most power Muslim leader in the world.

    Also among the top 50 list are two other Nigerians, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saad Abubakar III, and a Borno State-Islamic cleric, Sheik Ibrahim Saleh.

    The Sultan and Saleh retained their previous ranking, 22nd and 38th respectively.

    Also listed were Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Nigeria, and Abubakar Shekau, leader of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

    Other Nigerians who made the list of most influential 500 Muslims in the world included Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II, Prince Bola Ajibola, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and Abdurahman Olanrewaju Ahmad.

    The publication noted that there were 1.7 billion Muslims all over the world, making up approximately 23 per cent of the world’s population, or one-fifth of the world.