Tukur
Buratai, chief of army staff, has given Ibrahim Attahiru, theatre commander of
operation Lafiya Dole, a 40-day ultimatum to capture Abubakar Shekau, leader of
the Boko Haram sect.
According to
Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai directed Attahiru to use all arsenal
at his disposal to find Shekau.
“Today,
Friday 21st July, 2017, the chief of army staff, Nigerian army,
lieutenant general Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has directed the theatre commander,
operation lafiya dole, major general Ibrahim Attahiru, to capture Abubakar
Shekau, the so-called and self-styled leader of Boko Haram terrorists group,
dead or alive,” it read
“The theatre
commander has further been directed to do so within 40 days.
“He is to
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.”
The military
has declared Shekau dead on many occasions but the militant leader has always
debunked the report.
In a video
in June, Shekau showed how insurgents sacked a military post at the outskirts
of Maiduguri, Borno state.
In the
33-minute video, Shekau displayed ammunition and camouflage among other items
seized from fleeing soldiers.
“This is
just the beginning,” Shekau had said.
While
mocking the military for going after them in Sambisa forest, the leader of the
insurgents claimed that they were somewhere within Maiduguri.
A month
earlier, Shekau attacked President Muhammadu Buhari and Buratai, saying both
men were shouldering a burden beyond their capacities.
“To Buhari,
Buratai and lawmakers you are shouldering a burden beyond your capacity. Your
imagination is more incredible than the tale of a hawk that lifts an elephant,”
he had said.
“So I’m
alive. But if God wills that you will kill me, it is not surprising because
many prophets of Allah were killed by infidels. I will be happy to die in the
cause of Allah.”
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