The Boko Haram rival group, Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) has reportedly killed late Abubakar Shekau’s deputy, Abu-Sadiq popularly known as Burbur for planning to surrender to Nigerian troops.
It was learnt that ISWAP terrorists commanders arrested him and tried him in their own court according Sharia law in Galta village, close to Madagali in Adamawa State, and was charged and ‘found guilty’ of ‘treasonable felony’ before he was eliminated.
The trial was presided by Ya-Shaik, an ISWAP Fiye (Militant Chief), of Sambisa forest who passed a judgement that the Boko Haram leader should be killed immediately.
Before he was killed, Burbur was held in ISWAP detention facility somewhere in Galta near Madagali in Adamawa since April before he was tried and killed on May 9th.
Before his death, Burbur’s last appointment was Deputy Militant Chief (Nai’b), in Charge of Sambisa Forest and Timbuktu Triangle.
The appointment was made in May 2021 when he paid allegiance to ISWAP, because of his deep knowledge of the terrain and his strategic former appointment as the Operation Commander and Aide-de-Camp to late Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau.
