Rundunar sojin Nijar ta sanar da kashe wani jagoran Boko Haram mai suna Bakura a yankin Tafkin Chadi da ke tsakanin Nijar, Najeriya, Chadi da Kamaru.
Sanarwar ta ce an kashe shi ne a wani wajen tiyata da ke wani tsibiri na Diffa a makon da ya gabata.
Bakura ya jagoranci rukunin da ya tsaya kan tafarkin tsohon shugaba Abubakar Shekau, inda ya ƙi haɗewa da ISWAP, ya kuma koma kan tsibirai a bangaren Nijar tare da mayaƙansa.
Tashin hankalin Boko Haram, tun 2009 ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwar sama da mutane 40,000 da ƙauracewar fiye da miliyan biyu daga gidajensu, lamarin da ya bazu zuwa ƙasashe makwabta tun harin Bosso a 2015.
Rundunar ta ce an kai masa farmaki da jirgin yaƙi da sassafe a ranar 15 ga Agusta, tana kiransa da “shugaba mai tayar da hankali.”
“Da safiyar 15 ga Agusta jirgin sama ya kai hare-hare sau uku a jere a kan matsugunan da Bakura ke amfani da su a Shilawa,” in ji sanarwar rundunar.
An bayyana sunansa na haƙiƙa da Ibrahim Muhammadu, mai kimanin shekaru 40 daga Najeriya, wanda ya shiga ƙungiyar fiye da shekaru 13 da suka wuce, ya kuma gaji Shekau a watan Mayun 2021 bayan rikicin cikin gida.