ISIS-linked Group Says Boko Haram Leader in Nigeria Is Dead

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau holds a weapon in Nigeria in this still image taken from an undated video obtained on Jan. 15, 2018. Boko Haram Handout/Sahara Reporters via Reuters

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the ISIS terrorist group.

An audio recording purportedly from Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of the ISIS West Africa Province, or ISWAP, said Shekau detonated explosives killing himself after a battle between the two groups.