By Musa Umar Bologi
Abuja
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said yesterday that it had killed one of the wives of the factional leader of Boko Haram terrorists, Abubakar Shekau, during its bombardment of Durwawa settlement, near Konduga.
NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, said in a statement that “Human Intelligence indicates that ‘Shekau’s wife,’ Mallama Fitdasi, appeared to have been killed in recent successful airstrikes on Durwawa settlement on the outskirts of Urga, near Konduga.”
He 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 October 19, 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 neutralised 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.”
