Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe brutal head of deadly terrorist group Boko Haram has died after blowing himself up during a chase, it has been reported. The leader of rival Nigerian militant Islamist group Boko Haram was said to have been killed around May 18. Two people familiar with al-Barnawi told the news agency the voice on the recording was that of the ISWAP leader. (Image: AFP/Getty Images)A Nigerian intelligence report shared by a government official and Boko Haram researchers have also said Shekau is dead. The schism was caused by religious ideological disagreements over the killing of civilians by Boko Haram, to which ISWAP objected.

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 01:45 UTC