NATIONAL: Boko Haram leader, Shekau, is crippled — captured terrorist

A CAPTURED Boko Haram fighter, identified as Mohammed Adam, has revealed that the leader of the terror sect, Abubakar Shekau can no longer walk properly.

According to Mohammed Adam, a Boko Haram fighter currently in the custody of the Army, Shekau was injured during an air bombardment of their camp in Timbuktu, Sambisa Forest, Borno State.

Adam disclosed that Shekau can no longer lead any operation physically. The suspect narrated that he was abducted by Boko Haram at the age of 10. The teenage fighter, who spent five years in captivity, claimed he knows Shekau personally.

“I am a well-trained insurgents war front soldier who specialised in weapons handling including AK-47 riffles and GPMG as well as planting IED’s along troops patrol route,”.

“We are also given training on other unconventional techniques to inflict heavy casualties on troops.”.

“I escaped with the intention of being rescued by the troops of the Nigerian army which will in turn afford me the opportunity of fulfilling my dreams of going to school to acquire knowledge,” said Adam.

He said he escaped from one of the camps in Sambisa forest due to hardship and hunger, resulting from cholera outbreak, which left over 500 militants and their families in critical condition.

Shekau had, in the wake of the slaughtering of 43 rice farmers in Borno, appeared in a 2 minutes video, in which he claimed, that the farmers were killed to as serve as deterrent to their colleagues who take delight in divulging their modes of operations to the Nigerian Army.

He vowed to deal ruthlessly with anyone working against the terrorist group.