Stop Rejoicing Over Shekau’s Death,
He Has Many Lives – Biafra Group Tells Adamu Garba
Biafra Nations League (BNL) has
replied Adamu Garba over a comment he made following the death of Boko Haram
leader, Abubakar Shekau.
Garba is a former presidential
aspirant and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The group said, Adamu Garba and
other Nigerians should stop rejoicing over the death of the Boko Haram leader,
Abubakar Shekau, because they believe that the terrorist leader is not dead.
BNL said that all those rejoicing
over the news of his passing should hide their faces in shame.
Garba had, while reacting to the
demise of the Boko Haram leader, said the death is a lesson to Nnamdi Kanu,
leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Yoruba activist, Sunday
Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho.
Shekau was reportedly killed after a
clash between his men and fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province
(ISWAP).
He was said to have blown himself up
to avoid being captured alive.
Recall that the Nigerian military
and intelligence agencies are aware of Shekau’s death.
However, BNL noted that this is
about the sixth time Shekau had been reported killed.
National Leader of BNL, Princewill
Chimezie Richard, in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday, was
reacting to a comment made by Adamu, mocking the APC chieftain and other
government officials who are rejoicing over the news.
BNL said that Shekau seems to have
many lives and resurrects whenever he dies, adding that if Shekau actually
died, there was no need for the government to rejoice because the military
failed to kill or capture him.
