The convener of Concerned Nigerian advocacy group, Deji Adeyanju has reacted to the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Ibrahim Attahiru in a plane crash at the Kaduna International airport on Friday.
Adeyanju, who didn’t understand the reason behind the sudden death of the Chief of Army Staff, questioned the sequence of events.
The Abuja-based rights activist wondered how the death of Attahiru was just 24 hours after the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau was reported dead after clashing with ISWAP in a gun battle.
Reacting to both incidents, Adeyandu tweeted “They said Shekau was killed yesterday. Today, the Chief of Army Staff died in a plane crash. Dear extremists in Govt, what is going on?”
They said Shekau was killed yesterday. Today, Chief of Army Staff died in a plans crash. Dear extremists in Govt, what is going on?
— Comrade Deji Adeyanju (@adeyanjudeji) May 21, 2021
WITHIN NIGERIA had reported on Thursday that according to the intelligence community in Nigeria, Shekau was killed after a clash between his men and fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
ISWAP fighters team surrounded the Boko Haram leader with his team and shooting ensued between the 2 factions. SHEKAU was said to have detonated a bomb and killed himself when he observed that the ISWAP fighters wanted to capture him alive.