Shekahu’s wife feared dead after airstrikes on Durwawa – NAF

The Nigerian Military has said that wife of the leader of the Boko Haram terrorists group, Mallama Fitdasi, may have been killed in an airstrike mounted by the Nigerian Air Force.

Stating this in a statement obtained by The DEFENDER on Wednesday, was Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, who is the Director of Nigerian Air Force Public Relations and Information.

According to Air Commodore Adesanya, the supposedly neutralized Fitdasi was said to be representing her husband, Shekau, in a coordinating meting with other terrorists at the location of the airstrikes and, as at time of compiling this report, added that efforts were ongoing to confirm the reported killing of the woman.

The statement said, “Human Intelligence indicates that the wife of the leader of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) Organization, Mallama Fitdasi, appeared to have been killed in recent successful airstrikes on DURWAWA settlement on the outskirts of URGA, near KONDUGA.

“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.”