ISWAP Terror Group Says Nigeria’s Boko Haram Chief Has Died - Tasnim News Agency

 (Tasnim) – The Daesh West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist group said in an audio recording that Abubakar Shekau, leader of rival Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, was dead.

Shekau died around May 18 after detonating an explosive device when he was pursued by ISWAP fighters following a battle, a person purporting to be ISWAP leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi said on the audio recording, heard by Reuters on Sunday.

"Abubakar Shekau, God has judged him by sending him to heaven," he can be heard saying.

Two people familiar with al-Barnawi told Reuters the voice on the recording was that of the ISWAP leader.

A Nigerian intelligence report shared by a government official and Boko Haram researchers have also said Shekau is dead...