The United States Department of State is proposing a reward of up to $7m (N2.5bn) for useful information that could lead to the arrest of Abubakar Shekau, Haram leader.
This was disclosed in a tweet on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday, 3rd of March, 2020.
It is the counterterrorism rewards program of the US Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service.
“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,” the tweet reads.
The Boko Haram leader is currently number eight on the list of the most wanted terrorists by the United States of America.
Although the government of Nigeria has on different occasions alleged to have killed Shekau, he has shown himself on several videos to prove that he is not dead.
Since the death of the former leader of the sect, Mohammed Yusuf, in 2009, Abubakar Shekau has been the leader of Boko Haram.
The terrorist group has been causing havoc in Nigeria, especially in the Northern part of the country for the past ten years.
According to the Global Terrorism Index ratings some time ago, Boko Haram was the world’s deadliest terror group.
they have killed thousands and rendered about 2.3 million citizens homeless. With about 250,000 of the displaced Nigerians fleeing to Cameroun, Niger or Chad.
The Federal Government has since launched a program to give amnesty to contrite terrorists.
Also, a bill to establish an agency that will look out for the repentant insurgents is currently being debated by the Senate.
