Nigeria: We Will Soon Capture Abubakar Shekau, Minister Says

The minister of defence, retired Brigadier-General Mansur Dan-Ali, on Tuesday confirmed that the Nigerian armed forces had successfully suppressed Boko Haram insurgency.

Dan-Ali, who had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, also reassured Nigerians that the army would soon apprehend the sect's leader, Abubakar Shekau.

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