Late Abubakar Shekau, the former head of Boko Haram, reportedly left behind 83 concubines according to former terrorist commanders who turned themselves in, to the Nigerian security forces.
Remember that in May 2021, Shekau committed murder after detonating a suicide vest in the Sambisa Forest during a conflict with a fraction of the terrorist organization, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal.
Brig. Gen. Abdullahi Ishaq (rtd), the special adviser on security to the governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, stated on Saturday, December 10, that some of the late Shekau’s comrades had informed him about his concubines after they had surrendered and chosen peace.
He said: “We started this non-kinetic approach 16 months ago, the model started shortly after the death of Abubakar Shekau and the state government didn’t want the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) to continue using the Shekau’s fighters; we know it would be deadly.
“So, the first of the fighters 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 hell 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 disclosed that many of the fighters are ignorant of proper ablution practices, continued by saying that they regretted their actions and that Shekau misled them.
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.”
