I Have It On Authority That Shekau Is Well & Alive - Journalist Ahmad Salkida

Dubai-based Nigerian journalist Ahmed
Salkida, who recently was flown to Nigeria to
negotiate with Boko Haram, has denied claims
that Abubakar Shekau is dead.
Two days ago, Cameroonian authorities had
released a photo of a dead man they identified
as Abubakar Shekau. Eventually the dead man
was identified as one Bashir Mohammed,
leader of the Islamist sect’s Uye camp.
Nigerian security officials had also maintained
for months that Mr. Shekau was dead,
apparently killed by his own disaffected
lieutenants in an internal rivalry for control of
the terrorist organization. But according to Mr.
Salkida who took to Twitter some hours ago to
make the announcement, Abubakar Shekau is
alive and well.
Mr. Salkida also dismissed media reports that
the Nigerian government was negotiating with
Boko Haram for the release of more than 200
kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls. He 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
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