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Nigeria military promises to accept Boko Haram leader Shekau if he surrenders

Friday, April 24, 2020 at 10:02 PM by Aanu Adegun

- The military says it is ready to accept leader of the Boko Haram terrorist Shekau

- However, the military says his surrender must follow laid down procedures for surrendering during conflict or war

- Going further, the military says it will profile the terrorist according to international standard

In efforts to end the insurgency war once and for all, the Nigerian military has disclosed that it will accept the offer if the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau decides to surrender.

According to the Army, if Shekau follows the laid down procedures for surrendering during conflict or war, the military will profile him according to international standard, Daily Trust reports.

This was disclosed by the coordinator of the Directorate of Defence Media Operations (DDMO), Major General John Enenche during an interview on Channels TV

“Shekau’s recently released videos are subjected to forensic analysis. There are rumours that they are ready to surrender. If the insurgents truly want to surrender, there is a procedure to do that. If he (Shekau) surrenders through the procedure, we will accept it,” he was quoted to have said

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that barely twenty hours after Chadian president, Idriss Déby asked him to surrender or be ready to die the leader of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad also known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to go after him.

He was reacting to the huge loss suffered by his sect in last week’s encounter with Chadian soldiers.

Legit.ng gathered that in less than five minutes of audio message released by the sect, a rather subdued Shekau said his fighters would go after the Chadian president for his war against the sect.

According to the newspaper, Shekau, who spoke in Hausa, said despite the setbacks inflicted on Boko Haram by the Chadian troops in an assault coordinated by Déby, the sect was ready to fight on.

He said: “Today is Monday, 6th in the month of, Insha Allahu, Shaaban, the Hijrah of the prophet of Allah, from Meccah to Medinah, 1441. We believe after this introduction, we heard certain things from Chad from a certain individual named Idriss Deby.

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“He came out fully dressed up with the ambition of fighting the religion of Islam, that is he wants to fight us because we said we will work for the enthronement of Islam, we are Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad.

“Our aim is to follow the tenet of the Qur'an; our aim is to follow the tenets of the prophet; our aim is to practice Islam the way the prophet of Allah left instructions before dying and handing over to knowledgeable scholars, who have also passed it down to me.

“Idris Déby, I will address you now. I am, Insha Allahu Taalla, Abubakar ibn Mohammed Shekau, the Imam of Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad. I decided to send you this message quickly. Don’t think because you’ve fought battles in ignorance not according to the tenet of Islam, and today, because we said we will work for Allah, you think you will triumph over us.