The fight against insurgency in Nigeria has
yielded another success with the killing of
a female member of the once dreaded Boko
Haram.
The female Boko Haram was reportedly killed in
a confrontation with security forces
The sect was recently routed out of the
Sambisa forest, a vast area bordering
Borno state, the most affected with other
neighbouring states in the north-east.
Though the name of the female fighter
has not been made known at the time of
this report, it has brought to the fore a
new narrative.
Before this most recent incident, it was
believed that the Boko Haram sect
mainly used men as fighters while the
members victimized the womenfolk
using them as spies and lacing them
with improvised explosive devices for
detonation at spots.
This has continued even after the
Nigerian Army, with support from the
civilian-Joint Task Force (CJTF), led by
Muazu Alhaji Misiya, has decimated the
camp of the insurgents.
Misiya, who posted the photographs,
expressed shock that the fighter was
actually thought to be a man until she
was killed.
