Boko Haram leader Wanted‘dead or alive’

statement, Buratai directed Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, to do so within 40 days, Xinhua news agency reported. He said the commander should employ all arsenal at the disposal of the Theatre Command to smoke out Shekau wherever he is hiding in Nigeria. He appealed to the public to assist by providing information that would rid the society of these insurgents. In November, 2016, the Nigerian Army declared the leader of the Boko Haram sect and 54 insurgents wanted for various “terror acts”.