BOKO HARAM Still deadly without Shekau –Borno residents
Mixed feelings have greeted the official announcement by the Nigerian military that troops deployed in the central communities in North-east Borno State have killed the man posing as Abu­bakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram in the sect’s recent videos.

Director of Defence Informa­tion DHQ, Maj. General Chris Olukolade had last Wednesday in a press statement announced that troops in Konduga, about 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital, engaged Boko Haram men four times in the insurgents’ attempts to overrun the remote town located in the central part of the state. “Several of the terrorists including some of their commanders lost their lives in the encounters which lasted an average of about five hours each. In the course of those encounters, one Mohammed Bashir who has been acting or posing in videos as the deceased Abubakar Shekau, the eccentric character known as leader of the group, died,” the statement said.

Residents of Borno and Yobe said though the disclosure was a cheering news to them as it suggested a leap in the count­er-insurgency operation of the nation’s military but maintained reprieve was far from them. Having lived with the bloodlet­ting for five years, the people said they could tell when it was time to celebrate. “It is not yet Uhuru,” a retired military officer told Sunday Sun.

“We may be jubilating now that the Boko Haram crisis is going but from their antecedents, they may prove to be deadlier in the next phase of their terror campaigns except our military and all Nigerians unite to fight this battle to the end,” the officer who did not want his name in print said. He said, “Terrorists draw inspirations from their leaders who are usually eccen­tric. They are equally good in raising another leader among their commanders as quickly as possible when there is a vac­uum without the foot soldiers knowing,” he stated, urging the military troops to sustain the tempo.

“The Boko Haram men do not have the kind of training our soldiers and officers received. It is not even possible. I have also noted many of their fighters can’t even wear reflective jackets, maybe because it is heavy on them. The initial setback we had was lack of zeal by troops and authority, but it appears every­body is getting serious now. We have excellent troops in this country and nothing should stop them from rooting Boko Haram out of their cave within months,” he said.

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