President Idriss Deby of Chad told the media during a press conference
that the Chad military and government has narrowed down the location of
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau.
"He was in Dikwa two days
ago. He managed to get away but we know where he is. It's in his
interests to surrender," President Deby said during the international
press conference.
President Deby added that "Abubakar Shekau
must surrender. We know where he is. If he doesn't give himself up he
will suffer the same fate as his compatriots.”
The Chadian
military has been part of a transnational military campaign against the
Boko Haram insurgency originating from northeast Nigeria, and has been
the target of Boko Haram’s violence in the past.
This news comes
as the one year anniversary of the mass abduction of 250 girls from
Chibok, Nigeria nears. Boko Haram has been responsible for the death of
thousands of people, mostly from Nigeria’s northeastern states of
Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe. The threat from Boko Haram was used by
Nigeria’s Security Services to postpone Nigeria’s presidential
elections.
Neither the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan or any other government official have commented on President Deby’s statements.
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