A notorious leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, Ibrahim Mahamadu, popularly known as Bakura, has been killed in the Lake Chad Basin, the Niger Army said on Thursday.
The Army, in a statement, tagged the terrorist a “feared leader” of the group, stating that he was targeted by a fighter jet early on August 15.
“Very early in the morning of August 15, an Air Force fighter aircraft launched three targeted and successive strikes on the positions Bakura used to occupy in Shilawa,” it added.
The statement also revealed that the Boko Haram leader, who was said to be about 40 years old, was originally from Nigeria.
He reportedly joined the terrorist group more than 13 years ago and took over leadership after Abubakar Shekau.
DAILY POST reports that Shekau, a former leader of Boko Haram, died during jihadist infighting in May 2021.
Daredevil Boko Haram leader, Bakura neutralized in Niger
