The Nigerian Army announced today that ABUBAKAR SHEKAU the leader of the dreaded Boko haram was fatally wounded in one of its airstrikes on Friday.
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN AIR FORCE RAID KILLS BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS COMMANDERS… “ABUBAKAR SHEKAU” FATALLY WOUNDED!
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 23, 2016
Most Nigerians expressed skepticism towards the Army’s claims;
@HQNigerianArmy @HNNAfrica can u stop this update until u finally kill this guy
— Kehinde Kolawole (@kehindekolawole) August 23, 2016
@HQNigerianArmy Oga,good morning.I don’t think someone can be Fatally wounded. If it’s fatal, he would be dead. Rephrase the tweet.Well done
— Tochukwu (@Tokwonna) August 23, 2016
@RealJayKenney @Tokwonna @HQNigerianArmy so he is Dead? Why not just say dead/killed? Unless he is dyin in a hole somewhere. Which I hope! 👹
— tim maks (@timmaks) August 23, 2016
@SusanHenshaw50 @jeffphilips1 @HQNigerianArmy. Simple case of poor English, wrong choice of words causing huge international hullabaloo.
— IAO (@abiodunosemobor) August 23, 2016
@jeffphilips1 @SusanHenshaw50 @HQNigerianArmy. The rot in educational system permeates everything. Affects everything. Simple explanations
— IAO (@abiodunosemobor) August 23, 2016
@HQNigerianArmy Abubakar Shekau again? This is like the fourth time he has been fatally wounded.
— SK – Sola Kuti (@SKSolaKuti) August 23, 2016
@HQNigerianArmy you people have Intel on which part of shekau’s body was wounded but can’t find our 218 chibok girls. #Funny
— Bashiru Abba (@bashiruabba) August 23, 2016
@HQNigerianArmy how many times will he die??… Is he a cat??
— Rume Onakemu (@Rume_DaManny) August 23, 2016
@hqnigerianarmy tale of a cat with nine lives.. we are getting there. This is his sixth life I believe. Three more to go
— samson chyka (@myredzonez) August 23, 2016
SHEKAU, this ‘ll be your last ‘fatal wounds’ & ‘final death’, ok?
Do you know the dent you’ve done to d image of @HQNigerianArmy on this?— N.T| #Say+NO To 97% (@idmann_mit) August 23, 2016