Boko Haram Leader 'May Be Dead' Of Gunshot Wounds - JTF

Abubakar Shekau

The Joint Task Force of the Nigerian military  in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Monday said it had killed the leader of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau during a clash with Federal Troops in June this year.

In a statement issued on Monday by the JTF spokesman in Borno State, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, said, "Abubakar Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted leader of the Boko Haram sect may have died of gunshots wound received in an encounter with JTF troops in one of their camps at Sambisa Game Reserve Forests on June 30, 2013."