Nigeria and other three West African states have launched a final onslaught against the Boko Haram towards capturing their leader, Abubakar Shekau and ending the insurgency.

According to DailyMail UK, the military of Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic have stormed the Sambisa Forest to capture Shekau and also coordinating attacks around the Lake Chad to get another factional leader, Mamman Nur.
Both locations are within the perimeter of Borno state, Northeast Nigeria.
Brigadier General Sani Usman, the spokesman for Nigerian military, Shekau is now "a spent horse, waiting for his Waterloo." Mamman Nur is also said to have been injured during a recent aerial bombardment by Nigerian Airforce.
Operation ‘Deep Punch 2’
The current joint operation by the countries is code name ‘Operation Deep Punch 2’ and it has been adjudged to be making “tremendous progress”.
Mr Onyema Nwachukwu, the spokesman of the Operation Lafiya Dole Theatre Command in Maiduguri said on the operation:
“The new feat of victory was achieved following the sustained “onslaught on Boko Haram terrorists’ enclaves in the Lake Chad region where a factional leader of the group Mamman Nur has suffered grave injury, while one of his wives has been killed in the battle”.
“Moreso about 250-foot soldiers from the Albarnawy camp have surrendered to Nigerien Authorities due to the devastating artillery and aerial bombardments Operation Lafiya Dole troops.
“Many of the insurgents who fled the onslaught are now taking advantage of the “AMNESTY” offered by the Nigerien government by surrendering to Nigerien Forces,” he said.