Nigerian Troops Kill Boko Haram Second In Command, Abu Saad – JTF

The Nigerian military has announced that it has killed the deputy
leader of the Boko Haram sect during onslaught against the group in
Borno State.
The military Joint Task Force, JTF, said it killed Momodu Bama – aka
Abu Saad – on August 4, during an offensive by the sect on a Mobile
Police Base, and Bama Town.
Abu Saad was Boko Haram's Operation Officer and second in command
toAbubakar Shekau and was one of the most "vicious and heartless
killer in the group with penchant for slaughtering his victims," the
military said in a statement on Tuesday.
Before his death, the JTF placed a N25 million bounty on him.
The military said Abu Saad was killed alongside his father, Abatcha
Flatari, who was described as "one the spiritual mentors" of Boko
Haram.
He was "in charge of indoctrinating child foot soldiers who are mainly
abducted children," Sagir Musa, spokesman of the Borno JTF, said in
the statement.
The military increased its offensive on the sect and other criminal
groups in three northeastern states – Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe – after
a State of Emergency was declared there in May.