Shekau's Death Controversy: Another Version Emerged

A new report has emerged
that alleges the Cameroonian security
officers, the gendarmes, were responsible
for Shekau's death, and not the Joint Task
Force (JTF) as earlier claimed.
On August 19, 2013, first statements appeared
claiming that Shekau might be dead due to
gunshot wounds received from JTF. The task
force allegedly did this without the permission
of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) in order to
keep the army from taking credit for its
efforts.
The DHQ, in their turn, refused to confirm or
deny the statement and controversy continues
to trail the JTF; the Presidency itself has
passed the ball back to the military, claiming
that only the military has the final say on it.
Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, the JTF spokesman, had
claimed in his e-mail statement that Shekau
had died from the mortal wounds sustained in
one of the recent clashes with the military and
hurriedly rushed to a Cameroonian village
where he eventually died.
However, a highly placed security chief, whose
name cannot be disclosed in print, has faulted
the claim made by Lt. Col. Sagir Musa.
According to this source, although Shekau is
dead it was not the JTF that was responsible
for his death; instead it might be the
Cameroonian gendarmes who were policing
their border that killed him.
"Let me begin by telling you that there is a
strong indication that Abubakar Shekau is dead
but he was not killed by the JTF. If he was shot
by our boys, they would not let him escape.
This is why I know the JTF was misbehaving
with that funny statement claiming
responsibility. Where were they after shooting
Shekau and they allowed a man who had
suffered such a mortal wound escape? That is
not possible. But with fresh revelations
coming up, there is a possibility that Shekau
was shot and killed by the Cameroonian
gendarmes who were keeping watch over their
border," the security official said.
He explained that Nigerian security operatives
were making contacts with their Cameroonian
counterparts with a view to establishing the
circumstance that had led to the death of
Shekau and the whereabouts of his corpse.