JUST IN: Shekau’s Wife Killed In Borno Airstrike

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Wednesday, announced it may have killed Mallama Fitdasi, the wife of elusive Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, in an airstrike.

Mallama Fitdasi, according to the NAF was hit in the offensive that was carried out on Duruwa village, near Konduga, in Borno State.

Shakau’s wife was representing him at a meeting with other insurgents when the Air Force launched the attack.

In a statement by its Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokumbo Adesanya, the Air Force said it was gathering information to verify Fitdasi’s death.

“Human intelligence indicates that the wife of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) Organisation, Mallama Fitdasi, appeared to have been killed in recent successful airstrikes on DURWAWA settlement on the outskirts of URGA, near KONDUGA,” Adesanya said.

“Mallama Fitdasi was reported to have been representing her husband in a coordinating meeting with other terrorists at the location of the airstrikes.

“It is recalled that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had reported the successful aerial attack of a large number of BHTs at DURWAWA on 19 October 2017. Battle Damage Assessment had indeed revealed that the aerial attack set off a fire, causing damage to the BHT structures within the settlement and neutralized most of the BHTs with a few of them fleeing the location.

“Efforts are ongoing to confirm the reported killing of Shekau’s wife, alongside other BHTs,” he said.