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The leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau may still be alive, and leading the group, new developments indicate.
It would be recalled that Shekau had been conspicuously missing in the two latest videos posted by the group fuelling speculations that he have been killed or dethroened.
Recently also, the Chadian leader, Idriss Deby had also stated that the group has a new leader, Mahamat Daoud, who had reached out to the Nigerian government for negotiations.

Read also: Boko Haram has a new leader, says Chad President

However, a Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida, known to have access to top commanders of the sect, says Shekau is alive and still presiding over the affairs of the terrorist group.
Salkida stated on his twitter handle, that the Chadian president was mistaken, saying that was how he misled former president, Goodluck Jonathan into entering a botched peace deal with the sect. “Idris Deby is wrong now as before when he deceived former president Jonathan in phantom negotiation. Shekau is alive and leads ISWAP or BH,” he wrote on Twitter.

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