The minister of defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has said that the wanted leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, is still alive but is on the run and could possibly be hiding in Sambisa forest.
President Muhammadu Buhari did not attend the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Army Small Arms championship, NASAC, holding at the Sambisa Forest, former stronghold of the Boko Haram Terrorist group as promised.
The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, campaign group has again called on the federal government to leave no stone unturned in ensuring that the people who were involved in embezzling the funds meant for the purchase of arms for the Nigerian Armed Forces be brought to swift justice.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, has refuted reports making the rounds in some online publications to the effect that the federal government has dropped two of the country’s service chiefs.