The United States has placed a reward of 1.4 billion for anyone who provides information that may lead to the arrest of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau.
The leader of Boko Haram is one of the 71 most-wanted terrorists in the world. The US Department of State on Wednesday issued a full list of terrorists with bounties totalling $375m (N74.6bn) as “rewards for information that leads to (their) arrest or conviction.”
Rewards for Justice, a State Department anti-terrorism programme, had first offered the amount as a reward in June 2013 to those with information on the whereabouts of the Boko Haram leader .
The President Barack Obama-led administration in the new list placed a whopping $25 million, the single largest bounty, on Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda.
Al-Zawahiri is suspected to have played a role in the bombing of the US embassies in 1998.
Four Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists appeared on the list with a total of $20 million bounty on them: Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli ($7 million); IS’s official spokesman, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani ($5 million); Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili alias ‘Omar the Chechen’ ($5 million); and Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih al-’Awni al-Harzi ($3 million).
A $7 million bounty was placed on Shekau and two other terrorists – a senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iran, Muhsin al-Fadhli; and Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli.
Forty six terrorists had $5 million placed on each of them. Eleven terrorists, including only two women on the list, have a $3 million on each of them. The women, Zerrin Sari and Seher Demir Sen, are members of a Turkish military/political party and the terrorist group, Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front.
The leader of Boko Haram is one of the 71 most-wanted terrorists in the world. The US Department of State on Wednesday issued a full list of terrorists with bounties totalling $375m (N74.6bn) as “rewards for information that leads to (their) arrest or conviction.”
Rewards for Justice, a State Department anti-terrorism programme, had first offered the amount as a reward in June 2013 to those with information on the whereabouts of the Boko Haram leader .
The President Barack Obama-led administration in the new list placed a whopping $25 million, the single largest bounty, on Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaeda.
Al-Zawahiri is suspected to have played a role in the bombing of the US embassies in 1998.
Four Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists appeared on the list with a total of $20 million bounty on them: Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli ($7 million); IS’s official spokesman, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani ($5 million); Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili alias ‘Omar the Chechen’ ($5 million); and Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih al-’Awni al-Harzi ($3 million).
A $7 million bounty was placed on Shekau and two other terrorists – a senior leader of al-Qaeda in Iran, Muhsin al-Fadhli; and Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli.
Forty six terrorists had $5 million placed on each of them. Eleven terrorists, including only two women on the list, have a $3 million on each of them. The women, Zerrin Sari and Seher Demir Sen, are members of a Turkish military/political party and the terrorist group, Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front.
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