At last, the big iroko has fallen and Nigeria will soon begin to
experience peace again, after a long while, courtesy of the activities
of heartless Abubakar Shekau and his Boko Haram boys.
Vibenigeria gathered that multiple sources in and around Borno are
confirming that Nigerian military air-strike in the Konduga area has
sent the dreaded Boko Haram leader to his grave. News of the death of
Shekau and some of his top commanders in the latest battle with troops in Konduga is spreading.
Confirming that Shekau has been killed, one of the residents said:
“Look, this picture is being circulated after the attack in Konduga. If
you know Shekau very well, you will know he is the one in this picture…
“We all know him very well. Many of his commanders were also killed
during the attack. We learnt that some of them that were caught alive
are held in the barracks.”
“The remaining ones are those attacking people now. They have gone
wild, but we were also told that the soldiers are in pursuit of them.
Our prayer is that they would all fall and our state can experience
peace again.”
Shekau’s reported death is also contained in the account of some of
the survivors of an attack of the sect on Mainok on Friday, as they said
they were afraid of returning to the town “because we are told the
insurgents are mad as a result of the killing of their leader, Abubakar
Shekau, in Konduga.”
Reports reaching Vibenigeria in Maiduguri, Borno state capital,
indicated that over 300 people were killed when Boko Haram attacked
Mainok market on Friday in what was believed to be a retaliation for
their leader’s death. They attacked when villagers were in the peak of
trading on the market day.
A local, Modu Jakana, who narrowly escaped that attack, told
Vibenigeria that the insurgents came in from all angles, “shooting the
people as if they were exchanging fire with the military. We don’t know
how we escaped, but we were so lucky. They were so determined to kill
everybody. I saw so many corpses while we were running for dear lives.
At the main road, vehicles that were on top speed also killed so many
people as there was confusion everywhere.
“This morning, some of our people told us that over 300 people,
including some of the insurgents, were killed because we learnt that the
military came and engaged them in a fierce fight. There is calm, but we
won’t return to Mainok.
“For now, they said calm has returned, but we cannot go back because
these people may strike again. They said the people (Boko Haram) are
mad, following the killing of their leader, Abubakar Shekau, during the
attack in Konduga.”
A top source told Vibenigeria that Nigeria military authority is trying to confirm the development
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