Chad President Announces Location Of Boko Haram Leader, Demands His Surrender

President Idriss Deby of Chad told the media during a

press conference that the Chad military and government

has narrowed down the location of Boko Haram leader

Abubakar Shekau.

“He was in Dikwa two days ago. He managed to get away

but we know where he is.

It’s in his interests to surrender,” President Deby said

during the international press conference.

President Deby added that “Abubakar Shekau must

surrender. We know where he is. If he doesn’t give

himself up he will suffer the same fate as his compatriots.”

The Chadian military has been part of a transnational

military campaign against the Boko Haram insurgency

originating from northeast Nigeria, and has been the

target of Boko Haram’s violence in the past.

This news comes as the one year anniversary of the mass

abduction of 250 girls from Chibok, Nigeria nears.

Boko Haram has been responsible for the death of

thousands of people, mostly from Nigeria’s northeastern

states of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe.

The threat from Boko Haram was used by Nigeria’s

Security Services to postpone Nigeria’s presidential

elections.

Neither the Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan or any

other government official have commented on President

Deby’s statements.