The United States Department of State has announced a reward of $7 million (N2.5 billion) for anyone with credible information that can lead to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram insurgent group.
The Rewards for Justice Program (RJP), the counterterrorism rewards program of the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service, disclosed this in a tweet.
The tweet read, “The United States Department of State offers a reward up to $7m for information leading to the arrest of the terrorist, Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram.”
Récompenses pour la Justice✔@RFJ_Francais
Le Département d’État des États-Unis offre une #récompense pouvant aller jusqu’à 7 millions de dollars pour des renseignements menant à l’arrestation du #terroriste Abubakar #Shekau, chef de #Boko_Haram.#Whatsapp: +1 202 975 9195#Telegram: @RFJ_Francais_bot
On June 21, 2012, the country designated Shekau a “specially designated global terrorist” under executive order 13224.
Shekau took over the leadership of the insurgent group in 2010 following the killing of Mohammed Yusuf, its former leader.
There had been several claims that Shekau has been killed, but he eeps resurfacing in new videos.
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