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BREAKING: Nigerian Air Force kills Shekau’s wife in air strike

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Femi Ajasa
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Nigerian Air Force said on Wednesday that it believed the wife of Boko Haram terrorists’ leader, Abubakar Shekau, Mallama Fitdasi, had been killed in air strikes on a hideout in Durwawa area.
Durwawa is a location in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State.

Boko Haram terrorists were reportedly bombed by fighter jets during a meeting on Monday.

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The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, confirmed the strikes.

PRESS RELEASE SHEKAU’S WIFE FEARED DEAD AFTER AIRSTRIKES ON DURWAWA 1. 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. 2. 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. OLATOKUNBO ADESANYA Air Commodore Director of Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force

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