The photo of Abubakar Shekau’s supposed corpse was reportedly taken in the sect’s notorious hideout, Sambisa Forest Another picture of a corpse which is supposedly that of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau has surfaced online.
The photo which was reportedly taken in the sect’s notorious hideout, Sambisa Forest, was retrieved by online news platform, The Cable.
Shekau has been reported dead three times before but this recent picture comes after a five-month silence on his part leading to the conclusion that he might finally have been executed.
Chadian President, Idriss Deby also said, on Tuesday, August 11, 2015, that the Boko Haram leader had been replaced.
Abubakar Shekau
(Illustration by Joel Kimmel for TIME)
He however gave no hint of Shekau’s fate or his whereabouts.
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