SAN FRANCISCO, November 12, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian Army has declared 86 terrorists of Boko Haram and ISWAP wanted. At the top of the pictorial list are Abubakar Shekau and Abu Al-Barnawi.
The army also announced today that it has co-opted more Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members into its operation.
A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was unveiled by Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai at a ceremony held on Wednesday at the CJTF Super Camp Chabal, near Maiduguri.
The army did not indicate whether it will reward informants. But the United States since 2012 placed a bounty of $7million on Shekau.
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Apart from Shekau and Barnawi, other terrorists listed in the army poster include Ibrahim Maryam, Abu Sulum among others.
Some of the wanted terrorists on the current list had been on the watch list since 2016, while others were declared wanted for the first time.
The Chief of Army Staff, Buratai said that some of the terrorists that had been declared wanted since 2016 have either been arrested or killed in various operations while some are still on the run. He called on members of the public as well as the CJTF to support the army in fishing out remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists that were still hiding and operating within their localities.
