The conflict in the claim
equally became visible when troops from Cameroon said it killed Shekau at the
Gamboru Ngala border town, contrary to claims by the Nigerian Army that said
Shekau was killed in Konduga town, few kilometres away from Maiduguri, the
Borno state capital.
Both troops also have
different versions to how the terrorist was allegedly killed. While Cameroon
military disclosed that Shekau was killed in an aerial bombardment in his
hideout inside Nigeria, the Nigerian military claimed that its troops might
have killed Shekau on September 17 when the sect members tried to capture Konduga,
and consequently invade Maiduguri.
The Nigerian Military has
further claimed that “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″.
The military however
cautioned 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. He is
definitely a prominent terrorist Commander. I don’t
want to say anything about this yet please.”
A military source had further
revealed that the semblance between Shekau and the corpse in their custody was
too striking and cannot be a coincidence, citing his facial marks, beards and
teeth in addition to 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 as possible evidences.
The Army further assured that
the Defence Headquarters will soon address the nation after full investigation
is carried out to verify the real identity of the dead leader.
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