Joint Task Force Declares Boko Haram Top Guns Wanted; N50m Bounty For Abubakar Shekau

Leadership of Boko Haram during a video taping event
By SaharaReporters, New York

The Joint Task Force Operation (JTF) in Maiduguri has placed a bounty of N50 million on the head of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, one of 19 leaders and commanders of the militant group it declared wanted today.

In a statement, JTF said, “They are wanted in connection with terrorist activities particularly in the North East Zone of Nigeria that led to the killings, bombings and assassination of some civilians, religious leaders, traditional rulers, businessmen, politicians, civil servants and security personnel amongst others.”  

It also said the men were wanted for arson and destruction of properties worth of millions of Naira.

Four of the men, described as “Shurra Committee,” have a reward of N25 million each for information leading to their arrest.  They are: Habibu Yusuf (aka Asalafi); Khalid Albarnawai; Momodu Bama; and Mohammed Zangina.

The 14 other men, described as “Boko Haram Commanders,” have a bounty of N10m each placed on their heads.  

There has lately been a deep division in the government of President Goodluck Jonathan about Boko Haram.  While his spokesman, Reuben Abati, had said consistently that the government was using “back room channels” to negotiate with the militants, President Jonathan himself said in his Media Chat last week that no negotiations of any sort are going on.

Today’s press statement by the JTF indicates a new government hard line, perhaps stemming from efforts to generate negotiations which may see renewed militant attacks on soft targets in the country.  Recently, the group asked the leader of the Congress for Political Change, General Muhammadu Buhari, to mediate talks with the government, but Buhari turned down the offer.

 Full Text of the statement:

NAMES                                                                                  REWARD

SHURRA COMMITTEE
1.         Abubakar Shekau                                                        N50 Million

2.         Habibu Yusuf (a.k.a Asalafi)                                      N25 Million

3.         Khalid Albarnawai                                                      N25 Million

4.         Momodu Bama                                                           N25 Million

5.         Mohammed Zangina                                                   N25 Million

BOKO HARAM COMMANDERS
                               
6.         Abu Saad                                                                     N10 Million

7.         Abba Kaka                                                                  N10 Million

8.         Abdulmalik Bama                                                       N10 Million

9.         Umar Fulata                                                                N10 Million

10.       Alhaji Mustapha (Massa) Ibrahim                             N10 Million

11.       Abubakar Suleiman-Habu (a.k.a Khalid)                    N10 Million

12.       Hassan Jazair                                                              N10 Million

13.       Ali Jalingo                                                                   N10 Million

14.       Alhaji Musa Modu                                                     N10 Million

15.       Bashir Aketa                                                               N10 Million

16.       Abba Goroma                                                             N10 Million

17.       Ibrahim Bashir                                                            N10 Million

18.       Abubakar Zakariya                                                     N10 Million

19.       Tukur Ahmed Mohammed                                         N10 Million   

 

Anybody with relevant information should contact the following GSM numbers: 08064174066, 070855464012, and 08154429345.  Informants’ identities will be highly protected.                    

 

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bitter truth!!!

My fellow country man you have just nail the truth on the head
Let them go and arrest Buhari, and if they can. Buhari has proved his innocence and put to shame the plot by PDP lead government to indict him on bh issues. Buhari is politically getting wiser now!!! Gone are the days when Buhari will allow anger to influence his staement wich the politicians normally interpreted negatively!!! For God sake How do you think one person can Islamize a counrty under democracy

@Akpos: Correction

The amounts quoted in my post on the richest Africans/Blackmen are in BILLION DOLLARS, not just DOLLARS.

Sorry for the oversight.

@Akpos mumu!!!

Who are you to call Yorubas cowards abi na we say make agbari ojukwu go fight war dey expect him enemies to feed am... Yorubas prefer  pen to sword .... This SE & SW thing you are talking abt is shit cos u guys are not united and will Neva be cos of oyil greed.. Akpos grow up and stop to behave the way dem basketmouth dey use ur name as mumu character for dem joke...lol

Hoax, hoax and more hoax!

We have heard this hoax before; and this is now for the umpteenth time! Therefore there is nothing congratulatory or to be happy about! If the govt. is serious about security in this country, it should go ahead and provide this security. Because of govt.'s laxity, the Boko Haram has got more mad and is now intoxicated with the power it inexorably wields in the country at present. Even the once peaceful Niger Delta militants are now gearing up for a resumption of violence! All these are happening because of govt.'s laxity, incompetence, listlessness and phegmatism in handing out the proverbial coup de grace or death blow on these societal flotsam and jetsam. If OBJ were at the helm the Oddi and Zaku Biam treatments would have repeated themselves and I bet you, the skies would not fall. I don't see why people should mistake democracy as an open-sesame for all sorts of violent and non-violent crimes.

@Akpos1: At SR, SS/SE are the NOISIEST, not the MOST PRODUCTIVE

I checked FORBES for the richest Africans/blackmen in the world. Here's the result:

WEALTHIEST BLACKS 2012
1. M. Al Moudi $12.3 (SAUDI)
2. A. Dangote $11.2 (NIG)
3. M. Adenuga $4.3 (NIG)
4. P. Motsepe $2.7 (SA)
5. O. Winfrey $2.7 (USA)

RICHEST AFRICANS 2012
1. A. Dangote $11.2 (NIG)
2. N. Oppenheimer $6.8 (SA)
3. N. Sawiris $5.1 (EGY)
4. J. Rupert $5.1 (SA)
5. M. Adenuga $4.3 (NIG)

See! There's NONE from your 'SS/SE republic'

You've shoot yourself in the foot!

Next question pls?

Akpos You are very correct !

''However, the cowardice of the Yoruba people made them allow these fools to lead from Lagos for almost 40yrs uninterrupted. If not for the Bendel boys of SS & SE extraction who smoked IBB out of Obalende in 1990, IBB would not have left''.
Akpos I know that you can be funny in your comment, but your statement which I pasted above is so deep. I have not thought of it before, that these cowards called yorubas actually were there and Hausa rule Nigeria from Lagos, to the extent that hausa look at their face and annual an election won by yoruba man and nothing happened.Yorubas are weak and their men should be castrated because they are worthless and disgrace.

BOUNTY

NIGERIA LEARN FROM VETERANS, YOU CANT PUT A BOUNTY ON A GHOST . PEOPLE WITH BOUNTIES ON THEIR HEADS HAVE PICTURES, NAMES AND SOMETIMES DOB , LAST ADDRESS AND SO . PLEASE GET IT TOGETHER BEFORE YOU START PICKING UP INNOCENT CITIZENS TO CLAIM MONEY. JUST RECENTLY PEOPLE CAME OUT TO CLAIM IBORI'S MONEY , PEOPLE FROM ALL WORKS OF LIFE WANTED TO CLAIM 15M.

Akpos1, na true you talk jare. Yoruba pple, them be coward no be

Akpos1, na true you talk jare. Yoruba pple, them be coward no be small

JTF AND BOKO HARAM

JTF you have 290m to give away, good for you.

419

Faceless names??? This is 419, the police will go and carry anybody and kill and say this one is a commander and collect the money. Almost everyday they have been announcing that they have killed one commander. But trust Nigerians. They can be treacherous people when it comes to money. They will catch their leader man quick quick.

We want their pictures

Bounty without pictures do not make sense.

SS & SE

you are a coward and illiterate. Ask your father and kinsmen on what the north contributed to the development of the soon end crude oil.As for emir in ilorin, you can as well persuade the yorubas to send him packing.

Shekau

Continue with ur plan. We now know the real bokharams. Who ar they if not jtf and borno politicians, christian parlous? Since d day of bombing how many churches have been bomb down? Whose churches were affected? Apart of catholic churches? All d security personel shot down how many christian of tghem? The victims were all muslim and christian soldiers or police. Why only them? Continue killing ur self.

United State of SS and SE

Thanks,for you contribution.

Is this what you think? We Nigerian Know that someone with Evil mind would not succeed in what ever he wish for. Separation does not matter and it has no effects to North and West. Think back before exploration of oil is there such region? if there is What have they been doing? Are They sustainable? Who ever want his country he is free but be reminded Nigeria has been a nation with sward or bad utterance.

Do you think that you people of SS and SE are united? Go back to the history of this country and your ethnicity, find out for me.

Not true

It is a surprise that these people have just been 'declared wanted', after 3 years of terrorist activity. Only in Nigeria. They will not stop unless their godfathers are dealt with...and the government know their sponsors.

For those commentators still saying the north is a burden, that ship has sailed. Nigeria is one and shall remain one. We sink or swim together. Our problems are caused by individuals, not a section of the country. I can point to thieves from every geo-political zone, one of the biggest is Ibori, who is from the SS.

About time too

It is a surprise that these people have just been 'declared wanted', after 3 years of terrorist activity. Only in Nigeria. They will not stop unless their godfathers are dealt with...and the government know their sponsors.

For those commentators still saying the north is a burden, that ship has sailed. Nigeria is one and shall remain one. We sink or swim together. Our problems are caused by individuals, not a section of the country. I can point to thieves from every geo-political zone, one of the biggest is Ibori, who is from the SS.

Nonsense try and know the

Nonsense try and know the problem of your people first, and if u are commenting on an issue try to do on it not to change topic of discussion.

The SS &SE ... The problem of continent Nigeria

If you think the burden of Nigeria is the North, then go out of Nigeria and see if who are responsible for making the name of Nigeria darker. If you list swindlers, yahoo-yahoo boys, drug pushres, all are but SS/SE not even Sw you can find. How I wish you woud have succedded in your Biafra, Other Nigerians would not have suffered for your crime. You do not know morality or moral value. As far as I am concerned SS/SE are amoral society.

Sanusi yaradua = Nagodi Saad = Tundemash!!!

Things r Finally Unravelling on this site!those amongst us who hav Sympathy 4 BH r finally showin themselves.
I noticed sum1 commented that S.Sanusi= Nagodi..immediadetly after 'Tundemesh' commented with comments identical 2 S.Sanusi's! Nagodi hardly comments anymore cos he has been COMPLETELY Decoded 2 hav a soft spot 4these Evil people killin innocent Fathers, pregnant mothers & Even children!
"4rm the abundance of the Heart,the mouth Speaks"..

Dangote Grouup

it seems like you are still in the creek. So for your information, Northerners are the biggest employers of labour in Nigeria. Dangote Group and Bua as case study. Then followed by Yoruba; Mike Adenuga as case study. Tell me one world wide recognised philantrophist from SS and SE. Oh! May be Cicilia Ibru and James Ibori. Abi?

The North & West ... The problem of continent Nigeria

The whole of the North is a burden to the SS & SE peoples except probably the West which they have conquered in the days of Fulani Jihad & Uthman Dan fodio...otherwise, why would you have Emir in Illorin which is a Yoruba state?

The Northern countries contribute nothing to Nigeria except in their numbers & violence. This is the truth. Can anyone cite one industry where you find the Norther people excelling? NONE.

They are unteachable, lazy, blood thirty vampires with micro brains & very low IQs.

However, the cowardice of the Yoruba people made them allow these fools to lead from Lagos for almost 40yrs uninterrupted. If not for the Bendel boys of SS & SE extraction who smoked IBB out of Obalende in 1990, IBB would not hav left.

This Yoruba & North are the retrogressive forces in the continent. They shud be excised!

Long live the United States of the SS & SE

The different militias.

That wouldn't lay to rest,people having arms in their possessions.The better if those elected,appointed or even employed into various levels of interests,change to fairness and justice while discharging the trust.The issue of militancy either in creek or the far north,robbery,kidnapping and even cultism,is a cumulative after-effects of the wrong policies of the past and present governments.Should we be fair and just in administering what is entrusted in us,all the menace(s) being the nation's predicaments would then be a history.Without the fairness and justice,many of the Shekau and his terror group will rise on one course or the other to earn a living someday.Nigeria is a blessed country and with that fairness and justice against the treasury,there won't have Area Boyism,MOSSOP,OPC,BOKO HARAM,the CREEK militias,Robberies and Kidnappings,419 etc,unless we go cowards.

Cover up

They ar trying to play with our intelegent, they only want to use this as a cover up so that people's intention on the you tube vedio that show the level of their craziness will be forgetted, NONSENCE!

So which Abubakar Shekau was caught before?

I thought this Abubakar Shekau fellow had already been docked by the JTF? Who is this government trying to fool? The presidency said before that there were elements of BH in government so why not start from those ones and get down to the last of the N10m priced ragheads? I personally won't advise anyone to RISK their life divulging any information because it would still be effectively useless to do so. What is the logic in this? The backers of BH are still known and in Government so what is the guarantee that if example, say I knew where Shekau was hiding and I gave out this information. How do I know these BH financeers in government won't get to my identity and put me out there for Boko Haram execution? Until the Boko Haram top shots are hanged in Public I will not advise anyone to risk their life, especially knowing that the Nigerian security agencies are very dubious and will speedily reveal anything to anyone when bribed.

What have u done with the PDP Senator and V.P.'s friend ?

What has JTF and Jonathan's govt. done with the PDP sSEnator and V.P.'s friend alleged to be sponsors of Boko Haram ?
Let Jonathan and his corrupt lieutenants keep fooling themselves.
Jonathan can't even protect himself and scared of going to Bauchi and yet they promise to protect anyone with information on Boko Haram ? Only a fool will trust this mishap of a govt.

I thought some idiots like Abati, OC, Deri and the fake Pastor Oritsejafor claimed Buhari is behind Boko Haram so what is govt. looking for again? Arrest and charge Buhari to court and use the court jesters OC and Deri as witnesses; case closed !

@Sanusi Yaradua=Nagodi Saad! / #50M NOT Enuf!

Mr Sanusi,its Obvious u r Nagodi Saad under a pseudo name! Yur veiws r identical..a leopard CAN'T change its spots! Tell me wot is 'laughable' about a #50M bounty 4 a Mass MURDERER DAT has caused d death of thousands includin Pregnant women nd children?? Tell me..u seem 2hav a VERY Callous Heart..d credentials 4 a BokoHaram recruit! No I Repeat;NO AMOUNT is too much 2 place on d head of dis Agent of Satan! Wot is d value of d lives wasted by dis DeVil compared 2 a paltry #50M?? D whole idea is 2induce people who know him 2give him up..its standard practice worldwide..I wish a bounty of #50M will b placed on u 4supportin EVIL!!

LAUGHABLE !

Are all these millions from Jonathan carridors budgets or from the foreign reserve which has increased according to CBN governor's revealation? Is Borno as big as Sahara region that those wanted Boko Haram members could'nt be found there despite the house-to-house checks conducted by the JTF? What of all the commanders and leaders of Boko Haram that JTF has claimed to have been arrested or killed? By whose influence Ruetres has been pressurized to remove the video for the restoration of the Nigerian Military image and that of GEJ's government? My questions need good answers.

JTF Goodluck!

"Informants’ identities will be highly protected."

Me I dey laugh!
I do not mean to dampen the prospect of anyone who wants to help.

With the ineffectual and redundant EFCC,
Chop I chop Police force
and blinkingly corrupt Judiciary, you think any rational Nigerian will trust the system and come forth?

The way Nigeria institutions presently operate, I personally will not trust the system. Who has forgotten that GEJ himself has confessed that BH have infiltrated his government?

JTF Goodluck!

As a side, the picture depicts Abubakar Shekau looking confused and frightened and he may actually be a hostage himself!

what should have been done earlier

This is what government, military and other stakeholders should have done since. Play your cards right and Nigrians with vital information will begin to give feedback. This I am sure of especially with the juicy money to go with vital information leakage...

What is the guaranty of

What is the guaranty of leakage?