Ahmed Salkida,
a Dubai-based Nigerian journalist who reportedly maintains communication
with some leaders of the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram, claimed
today that the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, is alive and well. Mr.
Salkida denied reports asserting that Nigerian troops had killed the
mercurial and fiendish Shekau, the speaker and voice in numerous videos
released by Boko Haram.In a tweet earlier today, Mr. Salkida also dismissed media reports that
the Nigerian government was negotiating with Boko Haram for the release
of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped in mid-April by Boko Haram
militants in Chibok, Borno State. The reporter’s tweet also described as
untrue reports that the International Red Cross (IRC) was working on
a deal that would persuade Boko Haram to free the abducted Chibok
schoolgirls in exchange for the release of detained Islamist insurgents
in the custody of Nigerian security agencies.
See tweets after the cut.....
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