They reportedly killed many of his fighters and forced him to surrender.
Signal from security sources indicated that when Shekau discovered that it was the end of the road for him, and ISWAP fighters had directed him to relinquish his position as the grand amir and successor to the founder of the group Mohammed Yusuf, he opted for suicide by detonating the explosives he strapped to his body.
However, the AFP news agency reported that when Shekau reached the point of no return as he was surrounded by ISWAP fighters, he shot himself in the chest, fell on the ground while bleeding profusely but was whisked away to an unknown destination by some of his surviving loyal fighters.
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Daily Post Nigeria
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The Reno Omokri-led protest against President Muhammadu Buhari in London, United Kingdom, has continued on Thursday.
Recall that Some Nigerians in the United Kingdom had stormed the Abuja House, 2 Campden Hill, Kensington, London demanding for president Muhammadu Buhari’s repatriation.
Reno Omokri, a former presidential aide, had said they were there to chase the president back home during the protest tagged “#HarrassBuharioutofLondon.”
Following the protest, DAILY POST reported on Monday that Buhari’s supporters stormed the Abuja House in London where the Nigerian leader is said to be going through a routine medical check-up with placards praying for the President.
Nigerian military eliminate ISWAP leaders Amir Abu-Rabi, Mohamer Likita
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The Nigerian military has eliminated top leaders of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and scores of fighters in Borno in a major offensive.
Two commanders of the terror group, Amir Abu-Rabi and Mohamed Likita as well as dozens of their bodyguards and fighters, were killed.
While Abu-Rabi coordinated tax collection on behalf of the ISWAP in the Lake Chad axis, Likita was among controllers coordinating attacks on military formations.
The aerial assault that took them out was targeted at three major ISWAP hideouts at Kusuma, Sigir in Ngala and Arijallamari in Abadam Local Government Areas.