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| Nigerian Military Confirms Killing Of Man Who Poses As Abubakar Shekau |
| 2014-09-25 |
| [CHANNELSTV] The Nigerian military has confirmed that one Mohammed Bashir, who has been acting or posing on videos as the dear departed Abubakar Shekau, the eccentric character known as the leader of the Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... sect, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation in the north-east. In a statement, the front man for the military, Major General Chris Olukolade, said that Mr Bashir was killed after members of the terrorist group made not less than four attempts between September 12 and 17 to violate the security strategy and enter Konduga to attack citizens in the area. "Air and land forces were subsequently deployed to handle the situation. "The convoy of combat vehicles typical of terrorists' mission that involves their top commanders, were fiercely engaged by the land and air forces. Several of the Lions of Islam including some of their commanders bit the dust in the encounters which lasted an average of about four hours each, leading to the death of the man claiming to be Mr Shekau," the statement read. According to Mr Olukolade, the troops captured some of the Lions of Islam and their equipment. He explained in the statement that "after normality was restored, inhabitants of the community, who were victims of Lions of Islam activities corroborated information on the identity of Mr Bashir, alias Abubakar Shekau, alias Abacha Abdullahi Geidam and alias Damasack". He emphasised that the recent devastation on the leadership of the turbans was as a result of the renewed commitment to the mission of eradicating terrorism in Nigeria. |
| Posted by:Fred |