Shekau: Buratai extends capture deadline

The deadline given to the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya
Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, to capture Abubakar Shekau,
leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group,dead or alive has been
extended.The extension which was approved by the Chief of Army
Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, after a request for extension by the
Theatre Commander, at the expiration of the 40-day deadline. The
approval however didn’t specify the period of extension.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said
in a statement on Friday that the commander requested for an
extension of the order to capture Shekau, which was granted by
Buratai.

He said, “The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. T.Y. Buratai, has
commended the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen.
Ibrahim Attahiru, his sector commanders and all troops of Operation
Lafiya Dole for pursuing the COAS directive of capturing the
purported Boko Haram terrorists’ leader, Abubakar Shekau, dead or
alive, within 40 days beginning on July 21, 2017, which elapsed on
August 30, 2017.

“Although the leader has not been captured, the COAS noted with
satisfaction the zeal and determination with which the directive
was pursued. He congratulated the commander for eliminating five
key leaders of the terrorist group that were the closest associates
and right-hand men of the terrorist group leader.

Usman therefore urged citizens to go about their business and
have confidence in the capacity of the troops to protect them,
stating that with the killing of the 82 terrorists and the top five
Boko Haram commanders, Shekau was no longer of any consequence.

The deadline given to the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya
Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, to capture Abubakar Shekau,
leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group,dead or alive has been
extended.The extension which was approved by the Chief of Army
Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, after a request for extension by the
Theatre Commander, at the expiration of the 40-day deadline. The
approval however didn’t specify the period of extension.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, said
in a statement on Friday that the commander requested for an
extension of the order to capture Shekau, which was granted by
Buratai.

He said, “The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. T.Y. Buratai, has
commended the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen.
Ibrahim Attahiru, his sector commanders and all troops of Operation
Lafiya Dole for pursuing the COAS directive of capturing the
purported Boko Haram terrorists’ leader, Abubakar Shekau, dead or
alive, within 40 days beginning on July 21, 2017, which elapsed on
August 30, 2017.

“Although the leader has not been captured, the COAS noted with
satisfaction the zeal and determination with which the directive
was pursued. He congratulated the commander for eliminating five
key leaders of the terrorist group that were the closest associates
and right-hand men of the terrorist group leader.

Usman therefore urged citizens to go about their business and
have confidence in the capacity of the troops to protect them,
stating that with the killing of the 82 terrorists and the top five
Boko Haram commanders, Shekau was no longer of any consequence.