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Boko Haram Militants On Horseback Massacre Nearly 80 in Baanu Village, Borno State, Nigeria

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Nigerian Air Force Reconnaissance Aircraft Intercepts, Destroys Boko Haram Transport Trucks

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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Escapes Boko Haram Ambush, Soldier Killed

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Boko Haram Militants Kill 7 in Awonori Village, Near Damasak, Borno State

Boko Haram militants on Monday raided a village in restive northeast Nigeria's Borno state near the border with Niger, killing seven people, community leaders told AFP.

Updated: Boko Haram: Abubakar Shekau Hale And Hearty, Calls The Shots - Salkida

Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist known to have access to top commanders of the Boko Haram sect, says Abubakar Shekau is alive and still presiding over the affairs of the notorious group. Salkida dismissed the view of President Idriss Deby of Chad, who said Shekau had been replaced by one Mahamat Daoud. 

At a press conference to mark Chad’s 55th independence anniversary, Deby had said: “There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government.” But Salkida accused the Chadian president of lying, saying that was how he misled former president, Goodluck Jonathan into entering a botched peace deal with the sect. “Idris Deby is wrong now as before when he deceived former president Jonathan in phantom negotiation. Shekau is alive and leads ISWAP or BH,” he wrote on Twitter. Idris Deby is wrong now as before when he deceived Fmr President Jonathan in phantom negotiation. Shekau is alive and leads ISWAP or BH.

The fallout of the so-called deal with Boko Haram was one of the low points of the immediate-past administration. However, Shekau’s absence in the group’s video in recent times has fueled speculations of his death even before Deby’s comment. He was last heard of in March when he announced Boko Haram’s alliance to the Islamic State (IS). Until Deby spoke last week, the authorities had been silent about Shekau apparently because the issue of his death had been an embarrassment. 

The unrepentant Boko Haram leader has refuted the reports of his demise on three separate occasions that security forces claimed to have silenced him. In a video he released in October, Shekau taunted the military saying he has “one soul”. “Here I am, alive. I will only die the day Allah takes my breath. I am running our… Islamic caliphate and administering sharia punishments,” he had said. “Nothing will kill me until my days are over… I’m still alive. Some people asked you if Shekau has two souls. No, I have one soul, by Allah. It is propaganda that is prevalent. I have one soul. I’m an Islamic student. I’m the Islamic student whose seminary you burnt… I’m not dead.” Shekau took control of the group after its founder, Muhammad Yusuf, died in police custody in July 2009. Under his leadership the group became more radical and carried out more killings.

To confirmm Salkida's assertion, 

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect broke his five months silence, refuting the report of his death in an audio posted on social media on Sunday.

Describing President Idris Deby of Chad as a “hypocrite”, the notorious militant said infidels were behind reports of his death.

“It is indeed all over the global media of infidels that I am dead or that I am sick,” he said.

“It should be understood that this is false. This is indeed a lie. If it were true, my voice wouldn’t have been heard, now that I am speaking.

“I have not disappeared. I am still alive and I will not die until my time appointed by Allah is up.”

Last week during a press conference to mark Chad’s 55th independence anniversary, Deby said Shekau had been replaced with one Mahamat Daoud.

“There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government,” he had said.

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