Nigeria: Military reports indicate that leader of militant Boko Haram may have been killed

He is the only high-profile member of Boko Haram, appearing in several videos posted on the Internet where, wagging his finger, he has sworn to bring down the government of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Shekau’s last public contact was thought to be in a video distributed to journalists in Maiduguri on August 13. Though the video looked and sounded like the same person in previous recordings, the military said on Monday it was a fake.

“The recent video was dramatized by an impostor to hoodwink the sect members to continue with the terrorism and to deceive the undiscerning minds,” its statement said.

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