We Are Ready To Capture Shekau, Boko Haram Leader - Hunters

The Nigerian Hunters Association has said its members
would overrun Sambisa forest and capture Boko Haram
leader, Abubakar Shekau, alive, if given the permission.
Garba Tarfa, who is in charge of the association’s
security, in Adamawa, said several hunters were “eager
and waiting” for the go-ahead.
“We are ever physically ready at any given time if
permitted to besiege Sambisa forest to capture the
coward, Shekau, like fowl and his dreaded
commanders,” Mr. Tarfa, a retired police officer, said in
Yola on Monday.
“We know the nooks and crannies of Sambisa forest. In
fact we know exactly where Shekau is hiding in the
forest.
“They fear us more than conventional army, because
they know we knew their secrets,” Mr. Tarfa said.
He said the Boko Haram Shekau was hiding in Sambisa
at a heavily-guarded location codenamed “Parisa”,
surrounded by his commanders.
Mr. Tarfa said in the past three months, his members,
working with the Army, intensified attacks on suburbs
of Sambisa forest and rescued over 500 women and
children.
He said during the attacks, about 50 Boko Haram
members were either killed, injured or arrested and
handed over to security.
He said the insurgency would be ended if the
government worked more closely with hunters. He said
the group would need logistical support and patrol
vehicles.
He also accused the authorities of paying more
attention to the missing Chibok girls than other women
and children abducted by Boko Haram.