Abubakar Shekau, the commander of Boko Haram, has been killed, according to HumAngle.
Shekau was killed on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, when Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters assaulted the terror group's base in the Sambisa forest, according to the report.
ISWAP, which split from the Shekau- led Boko Haram division in 2016 after swearing allegiance to ISIS, raided the group's hideaway with multiple weapons trucks.
ISWAP tracked down Shekau s s enclave using forces based in the Timbuktu Triangle, according to humangle. In the process, his fighters were slain, and the invading force and Shekau s s bodyguards engaged in a protracted gunfight.
Shekau surrendered and engaged in an hour-long conversation with the ISWAP militants after his bodyguards were subdued, according to reports. He was requested to willingly relinquish control and instruct his fighters in other areas to proclaim bai' a (allegiance) to ISWAPs s authority during the meeting.
Shekau had been anticipated to make a statement. Shekau, who was wearing a suicide vest, blew himself up along with everyone else there during the negotiations. Shekau had been anticipated to make a statement.
According to insurgent sources, Shekau, who was wearing a suicide vest at the time of the negotiations, blew himself up along with everyone else present.
The identity of those who perished in the explosion among ISWAP's s leadership is unknown at this time.
Shekau has been the commander of Boko Hgroup's saram since the group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, died in 2009.
Between July 2009 and August 2015, he was rumored to have been slain at least four times. The Nigerian Air Force claimed he had been " fatally wounded" by military bombardments in August 2016, but a month later, the terror group released a video indicating he was alive and well.
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