Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, sensationally announced on Friday, February 24, 2017 he had executed the spokesman for the terror group, Tasiu who is also known as Abu Zinnira.
Shekau accused Tasiu and another senior commander, Baba Ammar, of plotting to oust him from Boko Haram leadership.
He claimed the duo had been sending fighters out on illegal raids, spreading rumours among his lieutenants that he intended to kill them and portraying him as unfit to lead.