Speculations mount over whereabouts of Shekau
(Nigeria) With peace and quiet from the usually vociferous Abubakar
Shekau, supreme head of the Boko Haram in recent times, there are speculations
within the security circles that the group may have been so disarrayed that it
no longer has the luxury of issuing threats.
A military source said that since the declaration of the
final push against the insurgents in the middle of February, and directive to
clear all terrorists' camps before May 29 handover date, the Nigerian troops have been on the lookout for
Shekau and other commanders of Boko Haram.
“The guy simply disappeared from the radar and suddenly
vanished. We wish we can catch him alive,” the source added.
The last that was heard of Shekau was the unverified
broadcast pledging allegiance to Islamic State, IS, early in March which was
posted on Boko Haram's Twitter account. In that broadcast he also vowed to
disrupt the rescheduled elections.
Shekau was quoted to have said: “This election will not be
held even if we are dead. Even if we are not alive Allah will never allow you
to do it.” He made the statement in Hausa language.
Despite the threats however, the group was unable to disrupt
the 2015 general elections as polls were conducted reasonably peacefully
throughout the country on March 28 and April 11.
Since asking for a six week extension to the date of 2015
general elections in February, Nigerian troops have essentially flushed out Boko
Haram terrorists from the 21 local government areas that they occupied in three
states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.
The military has invaded the notorious forest hideouts of
terrorists and is systematically combing them to clear the entire Nigerian
territory of terrorist elements.
On Wednesday, Defence Headquarters issued a statement
detailing the killing of a notorious top terrorists’ commander, Abu Mojahid
among scores of others in the outskirt of Alagarno on Tuesday morning.
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