BREAKING: ISWAP Commander named after Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf killed [PHOTO]

Report reaching our newsdesk has it that Mohammed Yusuf, the son of Goni Maina who was named after the founder of Boko Haram, has been confirmed dead.

Yusuf was killed during the Nigerian military air strikes at Bukar Mairam, in the Marte Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State, on the western coast of Lake Chad, Polticsngr repots.

The report said Yusuf was holding the position of Commander “Rijal Amne” in Marte.The boy’s father, Maina, was the former commander (governor of the Lake Chad) of the terrorist group, the Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP).

Maina was killed on December 1 2020 in an air raid jointly conducted by the Nigerian Army and the Air Force.

The air raid at the time also led to the elimination of more than 100 insurgents, including several high-ranking insurgents’ commanders, foot soldiers and Hisbah police from the ISWAP faction, late Abubakar Shekau faction and foreign mercenaries.