Tukur Buratai, chief
of army staff, has given Ibrahim Attahiru, theatre commander of operation
Lafiya Dole, a 40-day ultimatum to capture Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko
Haram sect.
According
to Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai directed Attahiru to use all
arsenal at his disposal to find Shekau.
“Today,
Friday 21st July, 2017, the chief of army staff, Nigerian army,
lieutenant general Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has directed the theatre commander,
operation lafiya dole, major general Ibrahim Attahiru, to capture Abubakar
Shekau, the so-called and self-styled leader of Boko Haram terrorists group,
dead or alive,” it read
“The
theatre commander has further been directed to do so within 40 days.
“He
is to employ all arsenal at the disposal of the theatre command to smoke out
Shekau wherever he is hiding in Nigeria.
“The
general public is please requested to also assist and volunteer information
that would lead to the accomplishment of this task.”
The
military has declared Shekau dead on many occasions but the militant leader has
always debunked the report.
- The Cable
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