Allegedly was in contact with Osama bin Laden; connections to AQIM; allegedly killed in 2012 by Nigerian military but these claims could not been verified and Kambar remains present on governmental lists of active terrorists.“Kabiru Sokoto bags life imprisonment for terrorism,” Punch, December 20, 2013, http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-kingpin-kabiru-sokoto-jailed-for-life.