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How Nigerian Troops Set Up Ambush For Boko Haram Leader ‘Abubakar Shekau’ And Killed Him [GRAPHIC PHOTOS]

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Sunday, September 21, 2014, PR Nigeria revealed that military sources say that they have killed the man who has been posing as Abubakar Shekau in the Boko Haram propaganda videos.

New details continues to emerge on how the man widely believed to be Boko Haram’s leader was killed in battle in Kondunga.

A military commander told The Trent, “There is every indication that effect. We only want to conclude all scientific proof before being categorical.”

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The Nigerian military had claimed last week that the battle victory at Konduga was ”strategic” and new information is beginning to confirm why.

The man, who has been named as Bashir Mohammed by Sahara Reporters, had been identified as an imposter by the Nigerian security agencies.

It is reported by Vanguard newspapers that Shekau, lost his life on Wednesday September 17, 2014 after walking into a trap set for him by Nigerian troops on Wednesday September 17, 2014.

Warning: The images in this story are of a graphic nature, viewer discretion is advised.

Nigerian troops on fighting back the first attack on Konduga in which they a hundred militants were killed in a battle that lasted seven hours and in which arms and ammunition were capture, had asked the terrorist commanders who were captured to inform Shekau that they (the terrorists) had in fact captured the town and he was free to storm the town for a victory celebration.

Shekau, unaware of the the trap, made his way to Konduga in a military tank with the Boko Haram insignia printed on it, the same which could be found in the background of his infamous propaganda videos.

The terrorist commander arrived the town with his followers heavily armed with Anti-Aircraft weapons, General Purpose Machine Guns, several AK 47 rifles and other IEDS, unaware that the message he got from his chief messenger was not authentic. On entering the town, his entourage walked into a circle of Nigerian soldiers. On trying to contact his courier, he found that something was amiss, he ordered his followers to start shooting in all directions, while he alighted from his tank and made to flee.

But, it was not to be as Army troops overpowered his members, spotted him has he made to escape and opened fire. He later bleed to death and photos showing the leader of the murderous sect were published on Linda Ikeji’s Blog last week. Though he was not identified at the time.

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Below is the report by PR Nigeria, published Sunday:

Nigerian troops might have scored a strategic victory in the current battle against terrorists operating in the North East on September 17. During a desperate attempt to capture Konduga in their delusion to eventually marching on and capturing Maiduguri, the man who had been mimicking Late Abubakar Shekau in recent videos might have been finally killed.

According to senior military and intelligence sources, “it is getting more certain that the terrorists’ commander who has been mimicking Shekau in those videos is the one killed in Konduga on September 17, 2014.”

The PRNigeria sources said the suspected demise of the Boko Haram leader is responsible for the scattering of the sect members in different independent locations in the neighbouring countries, especially in Cameroon noticed in recent days.

The security sources did not deny the suspicion but cautioned that “the process of confirming that the dead body we have is the same as that character who has been posing as Shekau is ongoing. He is definitely a prominent terrorist commander. I don’t want to say anything about this yet please.”

Another high ranking military source insisted that the resemblance is too striking to be a coincidence. They cited his facial marks, beards and teeth apart from the recovery by the Nigerian troops of some of the Armoured Vehicles and Hilux jeeps that had featured in previous videos of the prime suspect.

The officers assured that the Defence Headquarters will soon address the nation after full investigation of their latest discovery.

SLIDESHOW: PHOTOS From The Battle In Konduga, Borno In Which Hundreds Of Boko Haram Fighters Were Killed

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