Nigeria: Get Shekau Dead or Alive, President Tells Troops

19 February 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces has again charged troops to capture Abubakar Shekau, the factional leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, alive or dead.

President Buhari spoke through the Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai, Buratai at Camp Zero in the Sambisa forest during an operational visit to troops.

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