Details on how the ragtags leader was killed:

Details of how Abubakar Shekau, the
impostor and leader of the Boko Haram
terrorist group was killed in a shoot-out with
Nigerian troops in Konduga on Wednesday,
September 17 emerged, yesterday, with
military sources disclosing that he met his
waterloo in an ambush reminiscent of the
type the sect had been using to hack down
Nigerian troops.
According to report from Vanguard, it was
gathered that during the first attack on
Konduga, where hundreds of insurgents were
taken unawares and killed after over seven
hours of fighting with several of their
colleagues, arms and ammunition captured,
the military commanders strategically urged
his captured members to send a message to
Shekau that they (insurgents) have killed the
troops.

Before the captured insurgents were urged to
make the contact and deliver the message,
the military commanders had promised them
that their co-operation would play a role in
the level of punishment to be meted to them
after the battle, hence they felt reassured.
Also, the captured insurgents had disclosed
that Shekau usually moved in a convoy of
cars painted in military colours while he sits
in a MOWAG Armoured tank with Boko Haram
inscription on its front.
When Shekau was contacted, his captured
men spoke to him in Arabic, assuring him
that they had taken over Konduga, thereby
giving him the positive signal to proceed
from Sambisa Forest. To convince him
further, some of his men that were captured
were asked to sing the victory song in Kanuri
language they normally sing at the
background.
Having convinced himself that the messenger
was his chief courier in such situation and
the message was authentic, he and his
followers made for Konduga, heavily armed
with anti-aircraft weapons, general purpose
machine guns, several AK-47 rifles and other
IEDS’.
However, on entering Konduga town, he and
his followers were encircled by strategically
placed and heavily armed Nigerian soldiers.
Immediately he contacted the messenger and
discovered that something was amiss, he
ordered his followers to start shooting in all
directions.
This spurred the Army Commanders to give
the directive to open fire. When he discovered
that the fire power of the Nigerian Army who
used both infantry and artillery weaponry was
overwhelming, he jumped out of the MOWAG
and made to escape.
But Nigerian soldiers spotted him and opened
fire on him, inflicting serious injuries on his
legs. It was learnt that he also received
bullet wounds in other parts of his body as
he was said to have bled to death.
Military sources had on Sunday night
disclosed that Nigerian troops scored a
strategic victory in the current battle against
terrorists operating in the North-East on
September 17.