Ex-terrorist commanders who surrendered to Nigerian troops revealed that Abubakar Shekau (the late leader of Boko Haram) left behind 83 concubines.

Remember that Shekau was killed in a supremacy fight with a terrorist group in Sambisa forest, in May 2021.

Brig Gen. Abdullahi Ishaq, Special Adviser to the Borno State Governor on Security, stated on Saturday, December 10th that some of late Shekau’s associates had told him about his concubines after they surrendered and embraced peace.

He said;

“We started this non-kinetic approach 16th months ago, the model started shortly after the death of Abubakar Shekau and the state government didn’t want Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) to continue using the Shekau’s fighters; we know it would be deadly.

“So, the first fighter that I received in Bama told me that Shekau had 83 concubines, just imagine he left behind 83 concubines.

“They said he is now in h3ll because he committed suicide during his clash with other fractions. He always told them to go out and fight, if they die in the process several virgins are waiting for them.”

Ishaq who also revealed that many of the fighters do not know how to perform ablution added that they regret their action and also claim they were misled by Shekau.

He said;

“Let me say this, many of his commanders were bitter after he committed suicide because that act contradict what he preached. I can tell you that many of these fighters don’t know how to perform simple ablution not to talk of how to do prayers. We had to start teaching them after we brought them to Maiduguri.”