#BBB NEWS| Chadian President Claims There Is A New Boko Haram Leader

Chadian President, Idriss Deby, has announced to the media that Boko Haram has a new leader named Mahmat Daoud, who is willing to negotiate with Nigeria.

President Deby was addressing reporters in N’Djamena on the 55th anniversary celebration of Chad’s independence from France when he declared that Boko Haram has been “decapitated.” He said that the terrorist group has been scattered in small groups across northeastern Nigeria.

“There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and he wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government,” Deby said at the ceremony.

Abubakar Shekau took over as the group's leader after the its founder, Muhammad Yusuf, died while in Nigerian police custody in July 2009.

#BBB NEWS| If I Knew Shekau’s Whereabouts, I Won’t Tell Nigeria – Chadian President

The Chadian President, Idris Deby, who earlier this year was quoted as saying he knew the whereabouts of wanted Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has backtracked on his claim while also insisting on keeping any possible knowledge of the location of the terrorist to himself.

“I cannot tell you today that I know where Shekau is hiding and even if I knew I won’t tell you,” Mr. Deby told journalists on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Mr. Deby spoke after a meeting with Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan.

The Chadian President stated that the war against Boko Haram had not yet been totally won because Chad and Nigeria were not working together on the field.

He said it was regrettable that the “two armies that is the Nigerian army and the Chadian Army are working separately in the field”.

“They are not undertaking joint operation,” he said. “If they were operating joint operation probably they would have achieved more results.”