Boko Haram leader ‘kills self’ in fight with rival jihadists

  • Published by Agence France-Presse on 7th June 2021
 
Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau who is said to have killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters. PHOTO | AFP
 
  • Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap) according to audio AFP obtained from the group Sunday, two weeks after reports emerged that he had died.
  • His death marks a major shift in Nigeria’s 12-year-old jihadist insurgency that has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced around two million in the northeast.
  • Boko Haram has not yet officially commented on the death of their leader while the Nigerian army said it was investigating the claim.
  • “Shekau preferred to be humiliated in the hereafter to getting humiliated on Earth. He killed himself instantly by detonating an explosive,” said a voice resembling that of Iswap leader Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, speaking in the Kanuri language.
  • Read the Full Article at https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/rest-of-africa/boko-haram-leader-kills-self-in-fight-with-rivals-3428454
 

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