Boko Haram leader Shekau confirmed dead for 4th Time
A factional leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has been confirmed dead.
This, is the fourth time that Shekau has been confirmed by different military intels to have died at different time between 2012 and 2021.
He has, after the last three reports, reappeared in a video to debunk his death and mock the Nigerian military.
Asides mysteries over Shekau in the last few years, with the Nigerian Military having reported him dead several times, the latest intels showed that the terrorist leader committed suicide.
The intelligence sources quoted by some newspapers on Thursday said Shekau deliberately detonated a bomb that killed him and shattered his corpse into pieces for fear of being captured alive in a fight with another faction of the terrorist group.
“He detonated a bomb that blew his miserable body to pieces after a faction of the group, Islamic State of West Africa Province, closed in on him during a fight,” one of the reports sighted by Platforms Africa, read.
ISWAP Commander, Baana Duguri, was reported to have led the attack that forced Shekau to blow himself up to avoid being captured alive
