A police intelligence report shared with TheCable quoted top commanders of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), a breakaway faction of Boko Haram, as saying Shekau blew himself up on Wednesday following a confrontation.
The Boko Haram leader was said to have killed himself with a bomb “when he observed that the ISWAP fighters wanted to capture him alive”.
Baana Duguri, an ISWAP commander, was quoted as saying in the report from the Nigeria police intelligence unit that the ISWAP members “surrounded the Boko Haram leader with his team and shooting ensued between the two factions”.
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TheCable understands his conversation with Modu Sulum, ISWAP logistics commander, was taped by the inspector general of police (IGP) intelligence response team (IRT) led by Abba Kyari.
Shekau’s reported death has not been independently verified by OgunToday. But this is not the first time it has been in the news.
