N'Djamena---Chadian President Idriss Deby on Wednesday threatened to kill Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau if he did not give himself up, warning that he knew where the militant leader was hiding out.
"It is in Abubakar Shekau's interest to surrender, we know where he is. If he refuses to give himself up, he will suffer the same fate as his comrades," Deby said at a press conference with his visiting Niger counterpart.
The Nigeria-based Boko Haram group, which claims to be fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, has in recent months widened its brutal insurgency with attacks in Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Nigeria and its neighbours last month launched an unprecedented joint campaign to crush the Boko Haram uprising, which has killed more than 13,000 people in Nigeria since 2009.
Little is known of Shekau, who has been declared a global terrorist by the United States and sanctioned by the United Nations.
AFP
