Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, has broken his five months silence, refuting the report of his death in an audio message posted on social media on Sunday. Describing President Idris Deby of Chad as a “hypocrite”, the notorious militant said infidels were behind reports of his death. 
“It is indeed all over the global media of infidels that I am dead or that I am sick,” he said. 
“It should be understood that this is false. This is indeed a lie. If it were true, my voice wouldn’t have been heard, now that I am speaking.