Haram terrorist group lost his left in a shootout with Nigerian troops
in Konduga on Wednesday Sept. 17 emerged yesterday with military
sources disclosing that he met his waterloo in an ambush reminiscent
of the type the sect had been using to hack down Nigerian troops.
Vanguard gathered that when the first attack on Konduga whereby
hundreds of insurgents were taken unawares and killed after over seven
hours of fighting and several of their colleagues, arms and ammunition
captured, the military commanders strategically urged his captured
members to send a message to Shekau that they (insurgents) have routed
the troops.
Before the captured insurgents were urged to make the contact and
deliver the message, the military commanders had promised them that
their cooperation would play a role in the level of punishment to be
meted to them after the battle hence they felt reassured.
Also, the captured insurgents had disclosed that Shekau usually moved
in a convoy of cars painted in military colours while he sits in a
MOWAG Armoured tank with Boko Haram inscription on its front.
When Shekau was contacted, his captured men spoke to him in Arabic,
assuring him that they had taken over Konduga, thereby giving him the
all clear to proceed from Sambisa Forest. To convince him further, a
set of his men captured were told to sing the victory song in Kanuri
language they normally sing at the background.
Having convinced himself that the messenger was his chief courier in
such situation and the message is authentic, he and his followers made
for Konduga, heavily armed with Anti-Aircraft weapons, General Purpose
Machine Guns, several AK 47 rifles and other IEDS'.
However, on entering Konduga town, he and his followers were encircled
by strategically placed and heavily armed Nigerian soldiers.
Immediately he contacted the messenger and discovered that something
was amiss, he ordered his followers to start shooting in all
direction.
This spurred the Army Commanders to give the directive to open fire.
When he discovered that the fire power of the Nigerian Army who used
both Infantry and Artillery weaponry was overpowering that of his men,
he jumped out of the MOWAG and made to escape.
But eagle-eyed Nigerian Soldiers spotted him and opened fire in him,
shattering his legs in the process. It was learnt that he also
received bullet wounds in other parts of his body leading to his
bleeding to death.
Recall that Military sources had on Sunday night disclosed that
Nigerian troops scored a strategic victory in the current battle
against terrorists operating in the North East on September 17.
The sources noted that during a desperate attempt to capture Konduga
in their delusion to eventually marching on and capturing Maiduguri,
the man who had been mimicking Late Abubakar Shekau in recent videos
was feared to have been finally killed.
The sources said, "It is getting more certain that the terrorists'
Commander who has been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one
killed in Konduga on September 17, 2014."
Affirming the development, PRNigeria sources said the suspected demise
of the Boko Haram leader is responsible for the scattering of the sect
members in different independent locations in the neighbouring
countries, especially in Cameroon noticed in recent days.
The security sources noted further that "the process of confirming
that the dead body we have is the same as that character who has been
posing as Shekau is ongoing" adding "He is definitely a prominent
terrorist commander. I don't want to say anything about this yet
please."
Another high ranking military source insisted that the resemblance is
too striking to be a coincidence.
"They cited his facial marks, beards and teeth apart from the recovery
by the Nigerian troops of some of the Armoured Vehicles and Hilux
jeeps that had featured in previous videos of the prime suspect.
"The officers assured that the Defence Headquarters will soon address
the nation after full investigation of their latest discovery".
Meanwhile, the Defence headquarters yesterday dismissed insinuation
that Cameroonian military personnel carried out raids on Boko Haram
terrorists into border communities in Nigeria.
According to a report posted on its twitter handle, DHQ said "There
was no raid whatsoever in any part of Nigeria's territory in pursuit
of terrorists as claimed in some reports allegedly quoting Cameroon
military authorities".
"All operations ongoing in the environs of Konduga & all associated
border location within the country are completely being undertaken by
Nigerian troops"
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