Human rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, says it is shameful
that the Nigerian Army failed to capture nefarious leader of terrorist sect
Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, for years despite spending millions of dollars for
the purchase of arms in the anti-terror war in North-East Nigeria.
She stated this in an interview with The PUNCH on
Friday while reacting to the reported death of Shekau.
An online platform, HumAngle, had reported that Shekau died
on Wednesday evening following the invasion of the terror group’s stronghold in
the Sambisa Forest area by a column of Islamic State West Africa Province
fighters.
Shekau, who secretly had a suicide vest on, was also
reported to have blown himself up alongside everyone present during the
negotiations.
Shekau had been the leader of Boko Haram since 2009
following the death of the group’s founder, Mohammed Yusuf. The Nigerian Army
had been unable to conquer Shekau and his daredevil men. Before now, he had
been rumoured to have been killed at different times.
Commenting on the reported death of Shekau in the interview, Yesufu said that the capture of the terrorists’ leader by ISWAP
showed that the Nigerian military hasn’t been doing their job.
She said, “What it means is that our military has not been
fighting the war. The same Shekau that they claim to be fighting in the same
Sambisa Forest is the same place we found out that an opponent terror group
came out to say that they have taken over the place and he (Shekau) is dead.
“What has the military and the commander-in-chief been doing
all these while? Joking with them at the expense of the lives of Nigerians that
are being killed? These are questions Nigerians should be asking.
“If Sambisa Forest can be taken and Shekau killed and yet
out military have been on the fight for many years now and they have not been
able to achieve this despite spending millions of dollars, it is something that
should worry all of us. The more we leave the fight in the hands of people who
are incompetent to handle this war, the more we are victims.”
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