Nigeria: Army says Boko Haram leader may be dead
The Nigerian military has said that the leader of militant Islamist sect Boko Haram may have died of gunshot wounds weeks after a clash with soldiers.
Abubakar Shekau had been blamed for a campaign of deadly attacks on security targets and churches across Africa’s biggest oil producer.
He was hit during a gun battle near one of his camps in the northeast on 30 June, the army said in a statement.
He was then taken to a community over the border in Cameroon where he was believed to have died between 25 July and 3 August, added the report released from the military base in Maiduguri.